Better ordering for plugin settings (#11646)

* Better ordering for plugin settings

- Followup to https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/11643
- Use order as provided by plugin

* Bug fix

src/backend/InvenTree/common/models.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import json
 import math
 import os
 import uuid
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from datetime import timedelta, timezone
 from email.utils import make_msgid
 from enum import Enum
@@ -363,9 +364,15 @@ class BaseInvenTreeSetting(models.Model):
 
         # Specify any "default" values which are not in the database
         settings_definition = settings_definition or cls.SETTINGS
+
+        all_settings = OrderedDict()
+
         for key, setting in settings_definition.items():
-            if key.upper() not in settings:
+            # If the setting is already in the database, use that value
-                settings[key.upper()] = cls(
+            if key.upper() in settings:
+                all_settings[key] = settings[key.upper()]
+            else:
+                all_settings[key.upper()] = cls(
                     key=key.upper(),
                     value=cls.get_setting_default(key, **filters),
                     **filters,
@@ -373,10 +380,10 @@ class BaseInvenTreeSetting(models.Model):
 
             # remove any hidden settings
             if exclude_hidden and setting.get('hidden', False):
-                del settings[key.upper()]
+                del all_settings[key.upper()]
 
         # format settings values and remove protected
-        for key, setting in settings.items():
+        for key, setting in all_settings.items():
             validator = cls.get_setting_validator(key, **filters)
 
             if cls.is_protected(key, **filters) and setting.value != '':
@@ -389,7 +396,7 @@ class BaseInvenTreeSetting(models.Model):
                 except ValueError:
                     setting.value = cls.get_setting_default(key, **filters)
 
-        return settings
+        return all_settings
 
     @classmethod
     def allValues(

src/backend/InvenTree/machine/api.py

@@ -97,12 +97,8 @@ class MachineSettingList(APIView):
             )
             all_settings.extend(list(settings_dict.values()))
 
-        # Sort settings by the 'key' field before returning,
-        # to ensure a deterministic order in the API response
-        all_settings = sorted(all_settings, key=lambda x: x.key)
-
         results = MachineSerializers.MachineSettingSerializer(
-            all_settings, many=True
+            list(all_settings), many=True
         ).data
         return Response(results)
 

src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/api.py

@@ -380,12 +380,8 @@ class PluginAllSettingList(APIView):
             settings_definition=settings, plugin=plugin.plugin_config()
         )
 
-        # Sort settings by the 'key' field before returning,
-        # to ensure a deterministic order in the API response
-        settings_values = sorted(settings_dict.values(), key=lambda x: x.key)
-
         results = PluginSerializers.PluginSettingSerializer(
-            settings_values, many=True
+            list(settings_dict.values()), many=True
         ).data
         return Response(results)
 
@@ -448,12 +444,8 @@ class PluginUserSettingList(APIView):
             user=request.user,
         )
 
-        # Sort settings by the 'key' field before returning,
-        # to ensure a deterministic order in the API response
-        settings_values = sorted(settings_dict.values(), key=lambda x: x.key)
-
         results = PluginSerializers.PluginUserSettingSerializer(
-            settings_values, many=True
+            list(settings_dict.values()), many=True
         ).data
         return Response(results)