[IMP] add helper for getting a self env with the tech user

base_technical_user/README.rst

@@ -20,6 +20,23 @@ Usage
 If you install the module, you will find a tab on the company form allowing
 to define the technical user.
 
+
+In your code you can use the following helper that will return you
+
+- a self with the user tech if configured
+- or a self with sudo user
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    self_tech = self.sudo_tech()
+
+If you want to raise an error if the tech user in not configured just call it with
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    self_tech = self.sudo_tech(raise_if_missing)
+
+
 Credits
 =======
 
@@ -32,6 +49,7 @@ Contributors
 ------------
 
 * Cédric Pigeon <[email protected]>
+* Sébastien BEAU <[email protected]>
 
 Maintainer
 ----------
@@ -46,4 +64,4 @@ OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose
 mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and
 promote its widespread use.
 
-To contribute to this module, please visit http://odoo-community.org.
+To contribute to this module, please visit http://odoo-community.org.

base_technical_user/models/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from . import res_company
+from . import models

base_technical_user/models/models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 Akretion (http://www.akretion.com).
+# @author Sébastien BEAU <[email protected]>
+# License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl).
+
+
+from odoo import models
+from odoo.exceptions import UserError
+
+
+def sudo_tech(self, raise_if_missing=False):
+    self_sudoer = self
+    tech_user = self.env.user.company_id.user_tech_id
+    if tech_user:
+        self_sudoer = self.sudo(tech_user.id)
+    elif raise_if_missing:
+        raise UserError("The technical user is missing in the company {}".format(self.env.user.company_id.name))
+    return self_sudoer
+
+
+models.BaseModel.sudo_tech = sudo_tech

base_technical_user/tests/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from . import test_sudo_tech

base_technical_user/tests/test_sudo_tech.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 Akretion (http://www.akretion.com).
+# @author Sébastien BEAU <[email protected]>
+# License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl).
+
+
+from odoo.tests import SavepointCase
+from odoo.exceptions import UserError
+from odoo import SUPERUSER_ID
+
+
+class SudoTechCase(SavepointCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super(SudoTechCase, cls).setUpClass()
+        cls.user_tech = cls.env["res.users"].create({"login": "tech", "name": "tech"})
+        cls.company = cls.env.ref("base.main_company")
+        cls.env(user=cls.env.ref("base.user_demo").id)
+
+    def test_sudo_tech(self):
+        self.company.user_tech_id = self.user_tech
+        self_tech = self.env["res.partner"].sudo_tech()
+        self.assertEqual(self_tech._uid, self.user_tech.id)
+
+    def test_sudo_tech_missing_return_sudo(self):
+        self_tech = self.env["res.partner"].sudo_tech()
+        self.assertEqual(self_tech._uid, SUPERUSER_ID)
+
+    def test_sudo_tech_missing_raise(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(UserError):
+            self.env["res.partner"].sudo_tech(raise_if_missing=True)