odoo-test-environments

name	Odoo Test Environments
description	This skill should be used when the user asks to "spin up a test Odoo", "create a test environment", "run integration tests against Odoo", "set up testcontainers for Odoo", "provision test data", or mentions Docker-based Odoo testing.
version	0.1.0

Odoo Test Environments

Spin up fresh, isolated Odoo instances for testing using Testcontainers. Each test run gets its own PostgreSQL + Odoo container with automatic cleanup.

Installation

npm install @marcfargas/odoo-testcontainers @marcfargas/odoo-client

Quick Start

import { startOdoo } from '@marcfargas/odoo-testcontainers';

const container = await startOdoo({
  version: '17.0',
  modules: ['sale', 'purchase'],
});

// container.url, container.database, container.username, container.password
// Use with createClient() from @marcfargas/odoo-client

await container.stop();

Presets

Pre-configured module sets for common scenarios:

import { startOdoo, OdooPresets } from '@marcfargas/odoo-testcontainers';

await startOdoo({ ...OdooPresets.hr });        // hr, hr_attendance, hr_timesheet
await startOdoo({ ...OdooPresets.sales });      // sale, sale_management, crm
await startOdoo({ ...OdooPresets.accounting }); // account, account_payment
await startOdoo({ ...OdooPresets.project });    // project, project_todo
await startOdoo({ ...OdooPresets.full });       // all common modules

Custom Addons

Mount local addon directories into the container:

await startOdoo({
  version: '17.0',
  addons: [{ hostPath: './my-addons', containerPath: '/mnt/extra-addons' }],
  modules: ['my_custom_module'],
});

Seed Database

For faster startup (~15s vs ~3min), use a pre-seeded database image:

export ODOO_SEED_IMAGE=ghcr.io/marcfargas/odoo-test-db:17.0-abc123

The toolbox CI builds seed images weekly. Configure in docker/seed-config.json.

Provisioners

Opt-in helpers for creating test data shapes:

import {
  provisionPartners,
  provisionProjects,
  provisionUsers,
  provisionModules,
  provisionPartnerCategories,
  provisionTaskProperties,
} from '@marcfargas/odoo-testcontainers';

Each provisioner takes an authenticated OdooClient and a configuration object. They handle dependency ordering (e.g., partner categories before partners, projects before tasks).

Vitest Integration

// vitest.integration.config.mts
export default defineConfig({
  test: {
    globalSetup: './tests/helpers/globalSetup.ts',
    include: ['tests/**/*.integration.test.ts'],
    pool: 'forks',
    fileParallelism: false,
  },
});

The global setup starts containers once, sets env vars, and tears down after all tests complete.

Supported Versions

Odoo 17, 18, and 19 are tested in CI. Specify the version in startOdoo({ version: '18.0' }).