From 5b4905a3ad9082eae3c34e2308c3293ecdfb2daa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Kipe <jared@hibou.io>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:00:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [FIX] connector_opencart: fix write on existing product
 changing type

---
 connector_opencart/models/product/importer.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/connector_opencart/models/product/importer.py b/connector_opencart/models/product/importer.py
index 0b7a134e..6618cf11 100644
--- a/connector_opencart/models/product/importer.py
+++ b/connector_opencart/models/product/importer.py
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ class ProductImportMapper(Component):
     @only_create
     @mapping
     def product_type(self, record):
+        # why this check if @only_create?
+        # well because we would turn the binding create into a very real product.template.write
+        existing_product = self.existing_product(record)
+        if existing_product and existing_product.get('odoo_id'):
+            return {'type': self.env['product.template'].browse(existing_product['odoo_id']).type}
         return {'type': 'product' if record.get('shipping') else 'service'}
 
     @mapping