# Odoo — Accounting API: overview > Canonical URL: https://developers.apideck.com/apis/accounting/odoo/overview From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business. - Status: live - Authentication: basic - **account type required:** Odoo 14+ (Community or Enterprise); some resources need Enterprise-only modules (e.g. account_accountant for bank feeds/tracking categories) - **apideck credentials available:** false - **apideck credentials note:** Odoo has no OAuth app concept; every consumer connects with their own Odoo instance and their own API key. - **authentication note:** A manually generated API key over HTTP Basic; not OAuth. - **consumer access level:** Admin, or a user with permissions to generate an API key from their own Account Security preferences - **costs:** No developer-side cost. Odoo Online requires the paid Custom plan; Odoo.sh/self-hosted (incl. free Community) have no plan restriction. - **difficulty:** moderate - **difficulty reason:** API Key Authentication — Consumers Create Credentials Manually - **environment notes:** - **description:** Odoo uses the same credentials for testing and production — there is no separate sandbox environment on a real instance. For testing without touching production data, use demo.odoo.com/start (temporary scratch database, no signup) or a self-hosted Community instance. - **environment:** Single environment - **external guides:** - **source:** Odoo - **title:** Odoo External API Reference - **url:** https://www.odoo.com/documentation/18.0/developer/reference/external_api.html - **source:** Odoo - **title:** Odoo Pricing - **url:** https://www.odoo.com/pricing - **source:** Odoo - **title:** Odoo Acceptable Use Policy - **url:** https://www.odoo.com/acceptable-use - **important to know:** Odoo Online (SaaS) gates the External API to the Custom plan — consumers on One App Free or Standard cannot connect at all. Odoo.sh and self-hosted instances (including free Community) have no such restriction. Resource availability depends on installed Odoo modules — a missing module fails only that resource (e.g. Purchase Orders needs the Purchase module). A connection is scoped to one Odoo company: the API user's default company. Consumers with multiple companies need one connection per company, each using a user whose default company differs. - **partnership required:** false - **rate limits:** No published numeric limit. Odoo's Acceptable Use Policy guideline: ~1 call/second, no parallel calls. - **responsibility matrix:** - **apideck:** Docs provided - **area:** Share Connection Requirements - **customer:** ✓ - **apideck:** Module guide provided - **area:** Install Required Odoo Modules - **consumer:** ✓ (admin) - **area:** Generate API Key - **consumer:** ✓ - **apideck:** Secure storage - **area:** Enter Credentials in Vault - **consumer:** ✓ - **apideck:** Maintains connector - **area:** Build via Unified API - **customer:** ✓ - **apideck:** Logs & alerts - **area:** Monitor Connections - **consumer:** ✓ Can revoke API key anytime - **customer:** ✓ Via Dashboard - **sandbox available:** true - **sandbox note:** Free, no-signup scratch database from demo.odoo.com; its /start call returns host, db, user and password (External API reference). Outside Odoo Online plans. - **sandbox url:** https://demo.odoo.com - **supported resource categories:** - **name:** CRM — Sales Pipeline - **resources:** opportunities leads activities - **name:** CRM — Contacts & Companies - **resources:** contacts companies users - **name:** Core Financial - **resources:** ledger-accounts tax-rates journal-entries company-info - **name:** Accounts Receivable - **resources:** invoices invoice-items customers payments credit-notes - **name:** Accounts Payable - **resources:** bills bill-payments suppliers purchase-orders expenses - **name:** Banking - **resources:** bank-accounts bank-feed-accounts bank-feed-statements - **name:** Organizational - **resources:** tracking-categories departments subsidiaries locations attachments - **webhooks:** Virtual webhooks — created/updated events across CRM and Accounting resources. ## Supported resources [Accounting data model](/guides/accounting-data-model.md) - **custom field support:** false - **downstream id:** companies - **downstream name:** Companies - **id:** companies - **name:** Companies - **status:** beta - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** invoices - **downstream name:** Invoices - **id:** invoices - **name:** Invoices - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** credit-notes - **downstream name:** Credit Notes - **id:** credit-notes - **name:** Credit Notes - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** bill-credit-notes - **downstream name:** Bill Credit Notes - **id:** bill-credit-notes - **name:** Bill Credit Notes - **status:** beta - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** customers - **downstream name:** Customers - **id:** customers - **name:** Customers - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** suppliers - **downstream name:** Suppliers - **id:** suppliers - **name:** Suppliers - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** payments - **downstream name:** Payments - **id:** payments - **name:** Payments - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** bill-payments - **downstream name:** Bill Payments - **id:** bill-payments - **name:** Bill Payments - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** tax-rates - **downstream name:** Tax Rates - **id:** tax-rates - **name:** Tax Rates - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** ledger-accounts - **downstream name:** Ledger Accounts - **id:** ledger-accounts - **name:** Ledger Accounts - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** journal-entries - **downstream name:** Journal Entries - **id:** journal-entries - **name:** Journal Entries - **status:** live - **custom field support:** false - **downstream id:** journals - **downstream name:** Journals - **id:** journals - **name:** Journals - **status:** beta - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** invoice-items - **downstream name:** Invoice Items - **id:** invoice-items - **name:** Invoice Items - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** company-info - **downstream name:** Company Info - **id:** company-info - **name:** Company Info - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** expenses - **downstream name:** Expenses - **id:** expenses - **name:** Expenses - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** bank-accounts - **downstream name:** Bank Accounts - **id:** bank-accounts - **name:** Bank Accounts - **status:** beta - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** bills - **downstream name:** Bills - **id:** bills - **name:** Bills - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** tracking-categories - **downstream name:** Tracking Categories - **id:** tracking-categories - **name:** Tracking Categories - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** bank-feed-accounts - **downstream name:** Bank Feed Accounts - **id:** bank-feed-accounts - **name:** Bank Feed Accounts - **status:** beta - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** bank-feed-statements - **downstream name:** Bank Feed Statements - **id:** bank-feed-statements - **name:** Bank Feed Statements - **status:** beta - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** departments - **downstream name:** Departments - **id:** departments - **name:** Departments - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** subsidiaries - **downstream name:** Subsidiaries - **id:** subsidiaries - **name:** Subsidiaries - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** locations - **downstream name:** Locations - **id:** locations - **name:** Locations - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** attachments - **downstream name:** Attachments - **id:** attachments - **name:** Attachments - **status:** live - **custom field support:** true - **downstream id:** purchase-orders - **downstream name:** Purchase Orders - **id:** purchase-orders - **name:** Purchase Orders - **status:** live - **custom field support:** false - **downstream id:** goods-receipts - **downstream name:** Goods Receipts - **id:** goods-receipts - **name:** Goods Receipts - **status:** beta - **custom field support:** false - **downstream id:** fiscal-periods - **downstream name:** Fiscal Periods - **id:** fiscal-periods - **name:** Fiscal Periods - **status:** beta - **custom field support:** false - **downstream id:** trial-balance - **downstream name:** Trial Balance - **id:** trial-balance - **name:** Trial Balance - **status:** beta An omitted operation list does not establish operation support. Verify the selected operation in the coverage matrix. [API reference](https://developers.apideck.com/apis/accounting/reference.md) · [Coverage matrix](https://developers.apideck.com/apis/accounting/coverage)