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Using Odoo to create websites and web services

In the previous examples, we have been extending the Odoo framework to include additional fields in models and functionality in our views. Odoo also provides a powerful framework for creating your own websites and web services that can integrate easily with Odoo applications.

Let's see how we can create a simple web service that displays the rush orders on a page.

We begin by creating a controller that is tied to a URL. When we navigate to this URL in our browser, the controller will do whatever processing we require.

Create the controller file using the following command in your Terminal window:

sudo nano controller.py

To test our controller and make sure it is functioning properly, place