Allow settings block to not exist via call setting

src/corelibs/config_handling/settings_loader.py

@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ class SettingsLoader:
         self._check_settings_abort: bool = False
 
     # MARK: load settings
-    def load_settings(self, config_id: str, config_validate: dict[str, list[str]]) -> dict[str, str]:
+    def load_settings(
+        self,
+        config_id: str,
+        config_validate: dict[str, list[str]],
+        allow_not_exist: bool = False
+    ) -> dict[str, str]:
         """
         neutral settings loader
 
@@ -86,7 +91,8 @@ class SettingsLoader:
 
         Args:
             config_id (str): what block to load
-            config_allowed (list[str]): list of allowed entries sets
+            config_validate (dict[str, list[str]]): list of allowed entries sets
+            allow_not_exist (bool): If set to True, does not throw an error, but returns empty set
 
         Returns:
             dict[str, str]: key = value list
@@ -99,6 +105,8 @@ class SettingsLoader:
                 # load all data as is, validation is done afterwards
                 settings[config_id] = dict(self.config_parser[config_id])
             except KeyError as e:
+                if allow_not_exist is True:
+                    return {}
                 self.__print(
                     f"[!] Cannot read [{config_id}] block in the {self.config_file}: {e}",
                     'CRITICAL', raise_exception=True