It combines the functionality of the search and read functions, allowing you to perform a search and then read the selected records in one step.

Parameters

• domain: A search domain.

• fields: A list of fields to read from the resulting records.

• offset: The number of records to ignore.

• limit: The maximum number of records to return.

• order: Columns to sort result.

• read_kwargs: Additional keyword arguments to be passed to the read() method.

Return

Returns a list of dictionaries, where each dictionary represents a single record.

How it is efficient?!

• Avoids the need to make multiple separate calls to the database.

• Allows you to filter the results of a search based on specific fields.

For More Efficiency

• Ensure that you include only the necessary fields while reading, as the default is to retrieve all fields if no field is added.

• Use the offset and limit arguments to paginate the results. This can be useful for fetching large amounts of data without overloading the server.

Example

# ORM METHODS

# search_read()

res_users = self.env['res.users'].search_read(
    domain=[('create_uid.email', '!=', False)],
    fields=['create_uid', 'name', 'login'],
    order='create_uid asc',
    limit=5
)

print(res_users)

# return list with below dict
#> ('create_uid': (2, 'Admin'), 'id': 11,
# 'login': 'api_user1@test.com', 'name': 'api_user1'}

#> {'create_uid': (2, 'Admin'), 'id': 8, 
# 'login': 'api_user', 'name': 'api_user'}

#> {'create_uid': (1, 'OdooBot'), 'id': 6, 
# 'login': 'demo', 'name': 'Marc Demo'}
#> {'create_uid': (1, 'OdooBot'), 'id': 7, 
# 'login': 'portal', 'name': 'Joel Willis'}
#> {'create_uid': (1, 'OdooBot'), 'id': 2, 
# 'login': 'admin', 'name': 'Mitchell Admin'}

If you need to check how search and read methods separately work, refer to the following links:

• https://bit.ly/474JGo3
  https://bit.ly/46oHxTb