Loading data using XML files

Using the data model in Chapter 5, Application Models, we'll add a book and an author as demonstration data, while we add a well-known publisher as normal data in our module.

How to do it...

Create two XML files and link them in your __manifest__.py file:

1. Add in a file called data/demo.xml to your manifest, in the demo section:

    'demo': [ 
        'data/demo.xml', 
    ],

2. Add content to this file:

<odoo> 
    <record id="author_af" model="res.partner"> 
        <field name="name">Alexandre Fayolle</field> 
    </record> 
    <record id="author_dr" model="res.partner"> 
        <field name="name">Daniel Reis</field> 
    </record> 
    <record id="author_hb" model="res.partner"> 
        <field name="name">Holger Brunn</field> 
    </record> 
    <record id="book_cookbook" model="library.book"> 
        <field name="name">Odoo Cookbook</field> 
        <field name=...