Odoo Dev Snippets 🐍

A powerful VS Code extension providing 50+ snippets for Odoo developers — Python models, XML views, fields, wizards, reports, email templates, server actions, and much more!

Features

• ⚡ Python Snippets — Models, fields, computed methods, onchange, wizards, overrides
• 🖼️ XML Snippets — Form, tree, kanban, pivot, graph, activity, map, cohort views
• 🔘 Button & Action Snippets — Header buttons, smart buttons, server actions, window actions
• 🔗 Relational Fields — Many2one, One2many, Many2many
• 📋 View Inheritance — XPath based view extension
• 💬 Chatter Support — mail.thread integration ready
• 📧 Email Templates — Basic and with PDF attachment
• 📊 Reports — QWeb PDF report template
• ⏰ Cron Jobs — Python method and XML record
• 🔒 Security — Groups and record rules
• 🪵 Logger — Info, warning, error logging

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+X to open Extensions
3. Search for "Odoo Dev Snippets"
4. Click Install

From VSIX (Manual)

1. Download the .vsix file
2. Open Extensions Ctrl+Shift+X → click ... → Install from VSIX
3. Select the file and reload VS Code

Python Snippets

Model Snippets

Field Snippets

Method Snippets

Utility Snippets

XML Snippets

View Snippets

Action & Menu Snippets

Widget Snippets

Layout Snippets

Other Snippets

Examples

omodel — Complete Model

from odoo import models, fields, api

class SaleOrder(models.Model):
    _name = 'sale.order'
    _description = 'Sale Order'

    name = fields.Char(string='Name', required=True)
    # cursor lands here

ocompute — Computed Field

total_amount = fields.Float(
    string='Total Amount',
    compute='_compute_total_amount'
)

@api.depends('order_line')
def _compute_total_amount(self):
    for rec in self:
        rec.total_amount = # cursor lands here

ocreate — Create Override

@api.model_create_multi
def create(self, vals_list):
    for vals in vals_list:
        # modify vals if needed
    records = super().create(vals_list)
    # cursor lands here
    return records

oform — Form View

<record id="sale_order_form_view" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">sale.order.form</field>
    <field name="model">sale.order</field>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <form string="Sale Order">
            <sheet>
                <group>
                    <field name="name"/>
                    <!-- cursor lands here -->
                </group>
            </sheet>
        </form>
    </field>
</record>

oemailtemplate — Email Template

<record id="email_template_sale" model="mail.template">
    <field name="name">Sale Order Template</field>
    <field name="model_id" ref="model_sale_order"/>
    <field name="subject">Sale Order Confirmation</field>
    <field name="email_from">${object.company_id.email}</field>
    <field name="email_to">${object.partner_id.email}</field>
    <field name="body_html" type="html">
        <div>
            <p>Dear <t t-out="object.partner_id.name"/>,</p>
            <p>Your order has been confirmed.</p>
        </div>
    </field>
</record>

ocronxml — Cron Job

<record id="ir_cron_auto_confirm" model="ir.cron">
    <field name="name">Auto Confirm Orders</field>
    <field name="model_id" ref="model_sale_order"/>
    <field name="state">code</field>
    <field name="code">model._cron_auto_confirm()</field>
    <field name="interval_number">1</field>
    <field name="interval_type">days</field>
    <field name="numbercall">-1</field>
    <field name="active" eval="True"/>
</record>

How to Use

1. Open a Python or XML file in VS Code
2. Type the snippet prefix (e.g. omodel)
3. Press Tab or Enter to expand
4. Use Tab again to jump between placeholders
5. Fill in your values and you're done!

💡 Pro Tip: Just type o to see ALL Odoo snippets in the IntelliSense dropdown at once!

Requirements

• VS Code 1.20.0 or higher
• Compatible with all Odoo versions: 14.0, 15.0, 16.0, 17.0, 18.0, 19.0

Extension Settings

This extension does not add any VS Code settings.

Author

Aman Kumar Singh

• GitHub: @amankum02
• LinkedIn: Aman Kumar Singh
• Email: as2732044@email.com

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you want to add new snippets or fix a bug:

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a new branch: git checkout -b feature/my-snippet
3. Add your snippet to snippets/python.json or snippets/xml.json
4. Submit a Pull Request

When submitting a snippet, please include:

• A clear prefix
• A helpful description
• Proper $1, $2 tab stops

Snippet Format Reference

"Snippet Name": {
    "prefix": "oprefix",
    "body": [
        "line one ${1:placeholder}",
        "line two ${2:placeholder}",
        "${0}"
    ],
    "description": "Short description of what this snippet does"
}

Changelog

0.0.3 — Latest

• Added Python overrides: create, write, unlink, default_get, name_search
• Added @api.constrains snippet
• Added Logger snippets (info, warning, error)
• Added Raw SQL query snippet
• Added Multi-company and Sequence field snippets
• Added Server Action snippets (code, url, create)
• Added Email Template snippets (basic + with attachment)
• Added Pivot, Graph, Activity, Map, Cohort view snippets
• Added Widget snippets: monetary, progress, priority, color picker, many2many tags
• Added Cron Job XML snippet
• Added Sequence XML snippet
• Added Security Group and Record Rule snippets
• Added QWeb PDF Report snippet

0.0.2 — Latest

• Update vs code version compatiblity
• Added keyword

0.0.1 — Initial Release

• Python model, field, compute, and onchange snippets
• XML form, tree, kanban, and search view snippets
• Button, action, and menu snippets
• View inheritance (XPath) snippet
• Smart button and chatter snippets
• Wizard (TransientModel) snippet

Known Issues

No known issues at this time. Please open an issue if you find one.

License

MIT License — Copyright (c) 2025 Aman Kumar Singh

Free to use, modify, and distribute.

Made with ❤️ by Aman Kumar Singh for the Odoo Developer Community