odoo auto generate modelform in controller

Question

I come from python Django framework world and i am wondering if it is possible in odoo controller to render model-form like in Django. For example:

class PartnerController(http.Controller):
     @http.route('partner/create')
     def create_form(self, **kw):
         model = request.registry['res.partner']
         form = auto generate html form view for the model
         return form

Or maybe a way to automatically show an already existing ir.ui.view on the website from the controller.

The ideas is to reuse already defined views and or to not rewrite views for each model every time.

I already know about the website builder but i want something that will be easy to add into a module.

Does someone already do something like that in odoo8/9?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Odoo Controllers can query data and then render templates using that data. This is done using:

return request.website.render("<XMLId-for-my-QWeb-view", {<data dict>})

As an example you can check the Job List website page:

    # Render page
    return request.website.render("website_hr_recruitment.index", {
        'jobs': jobs,
        'countries': countries,
        'departments': departments,
        'offices': offices,
        'country_id': country,
        'department_id': department,
        'office_id': office_id,
    })

The data dictionary is then usable in the QWeb template to be rendered. In this example, the template used is website_hr_recruitment.index.

Note that you are expected to use QWeb views. AFAIK regular form and list views can't be in the website frontend.