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res.currency.rate: fields, relations and API

The res.currency.rate model ("Currency Rate") is a persistent model declared by the Base module, then extended by 2 other modules. It exposes 13 fields, 7 of them declared directly on the model. Below you will find every field with its technical name, type, label and relations, followed by an Odoo 20 JSON-2 API call.

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Model identity

Technical name: res.currency.rate
Label: Currency Rate
Type: Persistent (models.Model)
SQL table: res_currency_rate
Origin module: Base (base)
Extended by: account, spreadsheet
Default order (_order): name desc, id

Model fields

7 own fields, 0 inherited from mixins and 6 automatic ORM fields. Click a name to get a direct link to that field.

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13 of 13 fields shown

Technical name	Label	Type	Details
company_currency_id	Company Currency	`many2one` → res.currency	computed
company_id	Company	`many2one` → res.company
company_rate	Company Rate Value of 1 unit of this currency in the company currency	`float`	computed
currency_id	Currency	`many2one` → res.currency	requiredread-only
inverse_company_rate	Inverse Company Rate Exchange rate from the company currency to this currency	`float`	computed
name	Date	`date`	required
rate	Technical Rate Exchange rate expressed as reference-currency units per 1 unit of this currency	`float`
create_date	Created on	`datetime`	read-onlyautomatic
create_uid	Created by	`many2one` → res.users	read-onlyautomatic
display_name	Display Name	`char`	read-onlycomputedautomatic
id	ID	`integer`	read-onlyautomatic
write_date	Last Updated on	`datetime`	read-onlyautomatic
write_uid	Last Updated by	`many2one` → res.users	read-onlyautomatic

Relations

Models linked from this model

res.company: company_id
res.currency: company_currency_id, currency_id

Fields of other models pointing here

No Many2one or Many2many field of another model points to this model.

Reading this model through the API

Odoo 20 JSON-2 API call reading the first five records with real fields of the model. Replace the instance, database and API key with your own.

curl

curl -X POST "https://your-instance.odoo.com/json/2/res.currency.rate/search_read" \
  -H "Authorization: bearer $ODOO_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Odoo-Database: your-db" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":[],"fields":["name","currency_id","company_id","rate"],"limit":5}'

Python (requests)

import requests

BASE_URL = "https://your-instance.odoo.com/json/2"
headers = {"Authorization": f"bearer {API_KEY}", "X-Odoo-Database": "your-db"}

res = requests.post(
    f"{BASE_URL}/res.currency.rate/search_read",
    headers=headers,
    json={"domain": [], "fields": ["name","currency_id","company_id","rate"], "limit": 5},
)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

External API access requires Odoo's Custom plan.
XML-RPC and JSON-RPC will be removed in Odoo 22 (fall 2028): use JSON-2.
The access rights and record rules of the key's user apply.

Cite this tool

Writing a tutorial, internal documentation or a forum answer? Copy this link to send your readers to the up-to-date reference.

<a href="https://aidoo.ai/en/outils/explorateur-modeles-odoo/res-currency-rate">res.currency.rate (Odoo 20.0)</a>

Sources

Data verified on September 25, 2026 · Odoo 20.0 Community

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