old_contents: import json
  import xbmc
  from . import utils as utils
  
  
  class GuiSettingsManager:
      filename = 'kodi_settings.json'
      systemSettings = None
  
      def __init__(self):
          # get all of the current Kodi settings
          json_response = json.loads(xbmc.executeJSONRPC('{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"Settings.GetSettings","params":{"level":"expert"}}'))
  
          self.systemSettings = json_response['result']['settings']
  
      def backup(self):
          utils.log('Backing up Kodi settings')
  
          # return all current settings
          return self.systemSettings
  
      def restore(self, restoreSettings):
          utils.log('Restoring Kodi settings')
  
          updateJson = {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "Settings.SetSettingValue", "params": {"setting": "", "value": ""}}
  
          # create a setting=value dict of the current settings
          settingsDict = {}
          for aSetting in self.systemSettings:
              # ignore action types, no value
              if(aSetting['type'] != 'action'):
                  settingsDict[aSetting['id']] = aSetting['value']
  
          restoreCount = 0
          for aSetting in restoreSettings:
              # only update a setting if its different than the current (action types have no value)
              if(aSetting['type'] != 'action' and settingsDict[aSetting['id']] != aSetting['value']):
                  if(utils.getSettingBool('verbose_logging')):
                      utils.log('%s different than current: %s' % (aSetting['id'], str(aSetting['value'])))
  
                  updateJson['params']['setting'] = aSetting['id']
                  updateJson['params']['value'] = aSetting['value']
  
                  xbmc.executeJSONRPC(json.dumps(updateJson))
                  restoreCount = restoreCount + 1
  
          utils.log('Update %d settings' % restoreCount)
  
new_contents: import json
  import xbmc
  from . import utils as utils
  
  
  class GuiSettingsManager:
      filename = 'kodi_settings.json'
      systemSettings = None
  
      def __init__(self):
          # get all of the current Kodi settings
          json_response = json.loads(xbmc.executeJSONRPC('{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"Settings.GetSettings","params":{"level":"expert"}}'))
  
          self.systemSettings = json_response['result']['settings']
  
      def backup(self):
          utils.log('Backing up Kodi settings')
  
          # return all current settings
          return self.systemSettings
  
      def restore(self, restoreSettings):
          utils.log('Restoring Kodi settings')
  
          updateJson = {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "Settings.SetSettingValue", "params": {"setting": "", "value": ""}}
  
          # create a setting=value dict of the current settings
          settingsDict = {}
          for aSetting in self.systemSettings:
              # ignore action types, no value
              if(aSetting['type'] != 'action'):
                  settingsDict[aSetting['id']] = aSetting['value']
  
          restoreCount = 0
          for aSetting in restoreSettings:
              # Ensure key exists before referencing
              if(aSetting['id'] in settingsDict.values()):
              # only update a setting if its different than the current (action types have no value)
                  if(aSetting['type'] != 'action' and settingsDict[aSetting['id']] != aSetting['value']):
                      if(utils.getSettingBool('verbose_logging')):
                          utils.log('%s different than current: %s' % (aSetting['id'], str(aSetting['value'])))
  
                  updateJson['params']['setting'] = aSetting['id']
                  updateJson['params']['value'] = aSetting['value']
  
                  xbmc.executeJSONRPC(json.dumps(updateJson))
                  restoreCount = restoreCount + 1
  
          utils.log('Update %d settings' % restoreCount)
  
subject: Fix crash where dict may not contain settings id key. Common occurence if restore platform differs from backup platform. (#212)