Merge lp:~phill-ridout/openlp/pathlib3 into lp:openlp

[Phill]

Part 3, converted some more utility methods

lp:~phill-ridout/openlp/pathlib3 (revision 2762)
[SUCCESS] https://ci.openlp.io/job/Branch-01-Pull/2173/
[SUCCESS] https://ci.openlp.io/job/Branch-02-Functional-Tests/2077/
[SUCCESS] https://ci.openlp.io/job/Branch-03-Interface-Tests/1964/
[SUCCESS] https://ci.openlp.io/job/Branch-04a-Code_Analysis/1334/
[SUCCESS] https://ci.openlp.io/job/Branch-04b-Test_Coverage/1171/
[SUCCESS] https://ci.openlp.io/job/Branch-04c-Code_Analysis2/301/
[FAILURE] https://ci.openlp.io/job/Branch-05-AppVeyor-Tests/144/
Stopping after failure

[Tim Bentley (trb143)]

See inline

review: Needs Fixing

[Raoul Snyman (raoul-snyman)]

review: Needs Information

[Phill (phill-ridout)]

> See inline
See my inline reply.

[Phill (phill-ridout)]

See my inline reply.

[Phill (phill-ridout)]

See inline

[Tomas Groth (tomasgroth)]

It seems the AppVeyor tests fails for a reason: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/OpenLP/dev/build/OpenLP-win-ci-b226#L1355

review: Needs Fixing

[Tim Bentley (trb143)]

Looks ok as part of the progression

review: Approve

[lp:~phill-ridout/openlp/pathlib3]

2763. By Phill on 2017-08-23

Patched appveyor.yml

[Tomas Groth (tomasgroth)]

review: Approve

[lp:~phill-ridout/openlp/pathlib3]

2764. By Phill on 2017-08-24

Fixed issues with this branch and recent commits to trunk

Unmerged revisions

=== modified file 'openlp/core/__init__.py'
--- openlp/core/__init__.py	2017-08-03 17:54:40 +0000
+++ openlp/core/__init__.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import shutil
 import sys
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 from traceback import format_exception
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
@@ -346,15 +347,18 @@
     """
     Setup our logging using log_path
 
-    :param log_path: the path
+    :param pathlib.Path log_path: The file to save the log to
+    :return: None
+    :rtype: None
     """
     check_directory_exists(log_path, True)
-    filename = os.path.join(log_path, 'openlp.log')
-    logfile = logging.FileHandler(filename, 'w', encoding="UTF-8")
+    file_path = log_path / 'openlp.log'
+    # TODO: FileHandler accepts a Path object in Py3.6
+    logfile = logging.FileHandler(str(file_path), 'w', encoding='UTF-8')
     logfile.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(name)-55s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s'))
     log.addHandler(logfile)
     if log.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
-        print('Logging to: {name}'.format(name=filename))
+        print('Logging to: {name}'.format(name=file_path))
 
 
 def main(args=None):
@@ -390,24 +394,24 @@
         application.setApplicationName('OpenLPPortable')
         Settings.setDefaultFormat(Settings.IniFormat)
         # Get location OpenLPPortable.ini
-        application_path = str(AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.AppDir))
-        set_up_logging(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(application_path, '..', '..', 'Other')))
+        portable_path = (AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.AppDir) / '..' / '..').resolve()
+        data_path = portable_path / 'Data'
+        set_up_logging(portable_path / 'Other')
         log.info('Running portable')
-        portable_settings_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(application_path, '..', '..', 'Data', 'OpenLP.ini'))
+        portable_settings_path = data_path / 'OpenLP.ini'
         # Make this our settings file
-        log.info('INI file: {name}'.format(name=portable_settings_file))
-        Settings.set_filename(portable_settings_file)
+        log.info('INI file: {name}'.format(name=portable_settings_path))
+        Settings.set_filename(str(portable_settings_path))
         portable_settings = Settings()
         # Set our data path
-        data_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(application_path, '..', '..', 'Data',))
         log.info('Data path: {name}'.format(name=data_path))
         # Point to our data path
-        portable_settings.setValue('advanced/data path', data_path)
+        portable_settings.setValue('advanced/data path', str(data_path))
         portable_settings.setValue('advanced/is portable', True)
         portable_settings.sync()
     else:
         application.setApplicationName('OpenLP')
-        set_up_logging(str(AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.CacheDir)))
+        set_up_logging(AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.CacheDir))
     Registry.create()
     Registry().register('application', application)
     Registry().set_flag('no_web_server', args.no_web_server)

=== modified file 'openlp/core/api/endpoint/controller.py'
--- openlp/core/api/endpoint/controller.py	2017-08-13 05:50:44 +0000
+++ openlp/core/api/endpoint/controller.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             elif current_item.is_image() and not frame.get('image', '') and Settings().value('api/thumbnails'):
                 item['tag'] = str(index + 1)
                 thumbnail_path = os.path.join('images', 'thumbnails', frame['title'])
-                full_thumbnail_path = os.path.join(AppLocation.get_data_path(), thumbnail_path)
+                full_thumbnail_path = str(AppLocation.get_data_path() / thumbnail_path)
                 # Create thumbnail if it doesn't exists
                 if not os.path.exists(full_thumbnail_path):
                     create_thumb(current_item.get_frame_path(index), full_thumbnail_path, False)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                 if current_item.is_capable(ItemCapabilities.HasThumbnails) and \
                         Settings().value('api/thumbnails'):
                     # If the file is under our app directory tree send the portion after the match
-                    data_path = AppLocation.get_data_path()
+                    data_path = str(AppLocation.get_data_path())
                     if frame['image'][0:len(data_path)] == data_path:
                         item['img'] = urllib.request.pathname2url(frame['image'][len(data_path):])
                     Registry().get('image_manager').add_image(frame['image'], frame['title'], None, 88, 88)

=== modified file 'openlp/core/api/endpoint/pluginhelpers.py'
--- openlp/core/api/endpoint/pluginhelpers.py	2017-06-10 10:53:52 +0000
+++ openlp/core/api/endpoint/pluginhelpers.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -125,12 +125,9 @@
         file_name = urllib.parse.unquote(file_name)
         if '..' not in file_name:  # no hacking please
             if slide:
-                full_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(controller_name),
-                                                          'thumbnails', file_name, slide))
+                full_path = str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(controller_name) / 'thumbnails' / file_name / slide)
             else:
-                full_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(controller_name),
-
-                                                          'thumbnails', file_name))
+                full_path = str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(controller_name) / 'thumbnails' / file_name)
             if os.path.exists(full_path):
                 path, just_file_name = os.path.split(full_path)
                 Registry().get('image_manager').add_image(full_path, just_file_name, None, width, height)

=== modified file 'openlp/core/api/http/endpoint.py'
--- openlp/core/api/http/endpoint.py	2017-08-13 05:28:25 +0000
+++ openlp/core/api/http/endpoint.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -68,11 +68,10 @@
         """
         Render a mako template
         """
-        root = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes')))
+        root = str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes'))
         if not self.template_dir:
             raise Exception('No template directory specified')
         path = os.path.join(root, self.template_dir, filename)
-        # path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.template_dir, filename))
         if self.static_dir:
             kwargs['static_url'] = '/{prefix}/static'.format(prefix=self.url_prefix)
             kwargs['static_url'] = kwargs['static_url'].replace('//', '/')

=== modified file 'openlp/core/api/http/wsgiapp.py'
--- openlp/core/api/http/wsgiapp.py	2017-08-12 20:26:39 +0000
+++ openlp/core/api/http/wsgiapp.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -138,8 +138,12 @@
         Add a static directory as a route
         """
         if route not in self.static_routes:
-            root = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes')))
-            self.static_routes[route] = DirectoryApp(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root, static_dir)))
+            root = str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes'))
+            static_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root, static_dir))
+            if not os.path.exists(static_path):
+                log.error('Static path "%s" does not exist. Skipping creating static route/', static_path)
+                return
+            self.static_routes[route] = DirectoryApp(static_path)
 
     def dispatch(self, request):
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/__init__.py'
--- openlp/core/common/__init__.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/__init__.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import traceback
 from chardet.universaldetector import UniversalDetector
 from ipaddress import IPv4Address, IPv6Address, AddressValueError
-from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import which
 from subprocess import check_output, CalledProcessError, STDOUT
 
@@ -65,17 +64,19 @@
 
 def check_directory_exists(directory, do_not_log=False):
     """
-    Check a theme directory exists and if not create it
+    Check a directory exists and if not create it
 
-    :param directory: The directory to make sure exists
-    :param do_not_log: To not log anything. This is need for the start up, when the log isn't ready.
+    :param pathlib.Path directory: The directory to make sure exists
+    :param bool do_not_log: To not log anything. This is need for the start up, when the log isn't ready.
+    :return: None
+    :rtype: None
     """
     if not do_not_log:
         log.debug('check_directory_exists {text}'.format(text=directory))
     try:
-        if not os.path.exists(directory):
-            os.makedirs(directory)
-    except IOError as e:
+        if not directory.exists():
+            directory.mkdir(parents=True)
+    except IOError:
         if not do_not_log:
             log.exception('failed to check if directory exists or create directory')
 
@@ -85,19 +86,15 @@
     A utility function to find and load OpenLP extensions, such as plugins, presentation and media controllers and
     importers.
 
-    :param glob_pattern: A glob pattern used to find the extension(s) to be imported. Should be relative to the
-        application directory. i.e. openlp/plugins/*/*plugin.py
-    :type glob_pattern: str
-
-    :param excluded_files: A list of file names to exclude that the glob pattern may find.
-    :type excluded_files: list of strings
-
+    :param str glob_pattern: A glob pattern used to find the extension(s) to be imported. Should be relative to the
+        application directory. i.e. plugins/*/*plugin.py
+    :param list[str] excluded_files: A list of file names to exclude that the glob pattern may find.
     :return: None
     :rtype: None
     """
-    base_dir_path = AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.AppDir).parent
-    for extension_path in base_dir_path.glob(glob_pattern):
-        extension_path = extension_path.relative_to(base_dir_path)
+    app_dir = AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.AppDir)
+    for extension_path in app_dir.glob(glob_pattern):
+        extension_path = extension_path.relative_to(app_dir)
         if extension_path.name in excluded_files:
             continue
         module_name = path_to_module(extension_path)
@@ -106,21 +103,19 @@
         except (ImportError, OSError):
             # On some platforms importing vlc.py might cause OSError exceptions. (e.g. Mac OS X)
             log.warning('Failed to import {module_name} on path {extension_path}'
-                        .format(module_name=module_name, extension_path=str(extension_path)))
+                        .format(module_name=module_name, extension_path=extension_path))
 
 
 def path_to_module(path):
     """
     Convert a path to a module name (i.e openlp.core.common)
 
-    :param path: The path to convert to a module name.
-    :type path: Path
-
+    :param pathlib.Path path: The path to convert to a module name.
     :return: The module name.
     :rtype: str
     """
     module_path = path.with_suffix('')
-    return '.'.join(module_path.parts)
+    return 'openlp.' + '.'.join(module_path.parts)
 
 
 def get_frozen_path(frozen_option, non_frozen_option):
@@ -378,20 +373,22 @@
         return os.path.split(path)
 
 
-def delete_file(file_path_name):
+def delete_file(file_path):
     """
     Deletes a file from the system.
 
-    :param file_path_name: The file, including path, to delete.
+    :param pathlib.Path file_path: The file, including path, to delete.
+    :return: True if the deletion was successful, or the file never existed. False otherwise.
+    :rtype: bool
     """
-    if not file_path_name:
+    if not file_path:
         return False
     try:
-        if os.path.exists(file_path_name):
-            os.remove(file_path_name)
+        if file_path.exists():
+            file_path.unlink()
         return True
     except (IOError, OSError):
-        log.exception("Unable to delete file {text}".format(text=file_path_name))
+        log.exception('Unable to delete file {file_path}'.format(file_path=file_path))
         return False
 
 
@@ -411,18 +408,19 @@
     return IMAGES_FILTER
 
 
-def is_not_image_file(file_name):
+def is_not_image_file(file_path):
     """
     Validate that the file is not an image file.
 
-    :param file_name: File name to be checked.
+    :param pathlib.Path file_path: The file to be checked.
+    :return: If the file is not an image
+    :rtype: bool
     """
-    if not file_name:
+    if not (file_path and file_path.exists()):
         return True
     else:
         formats = [bytes(fmt).decode().lower() for fmt in QtGui.QImageReader.supportedImageFormats()]
-        file_part, file_extension = os.path.splitext(str(file_name))
-        if file_extension[1:].lower() in formats and os.path.exists(file_name):
+        if file_path.suffix[1:].lower() in formats:
             return False
         return True
 
@@ -431,10 +429,10 @@
     """
     Removes invalid characters from the given ``filename``.
 
-    :param filename:  The "dirty" file name to clean.
+    :param str filename:  The "dirty" file name to clean.
+    :return: The cleaned string
+    :rtype: str
     """
-    if not isinstance(filename, str):
-        filename = str(filename, 'utf-8')
     return INVALID_FILE_CHARS.sub('_', CONTROL_CHARS.sub('', filename))
 
 
@@ -442,8 +440,9 @@
     """
     Function that checks whether a binary exists.
 
-    :param program_path: The full path to the binary to check.
+    :param pathlib.Path program_path: The full path to the binary to check.
     :return: program output to be parsed
+    :rtype: bytes
     """
     log.debug('testing program_path: {text}'.format(text=program_path))
     try:
@@ -453,26 +452,27 @@
             startupinfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
         else:
             startupinfo = None
-        runlog = check_output([program_path, '--help'], stderr=STDOUT, startupinfo=startupinfo)
+        run_log = check_output([str(program_path), '--help'], stderr=STDOUT, startupinfo=startupinfo)
     except CalledProcessError as e:
-        runlog = e.output
+        run_log = e.output
     except Exception:
         trace_error_handler(log)
-        runlog = ''
-    log.debug('check_output returned: {text}'.format(text=runlog))
-    return runlog
-
-
-def get_file_encoding(filename):
+        run_log = ''
+    log.debug('check_output returned: {text}'.format(text=run_log))
+    return run_log
+
+
+def get_file_encoding(file_path):
     """
     Utility function to incrementally detect the file encoding.
 
-    :param filename: Filename for the file to determine the encoding for. Str
+    :param pathlib.Path file_path: Filename for the file to determine the encoding for.
     :return: A dict with the keys 'encoding' and 'confidence'
+    :rtype: dict[str, float]
     """
     detector = UniversalDetector()
     try:
-        with open(filename, 'rb') as detect_file:
+        with file_path.open('rb') as detect_file:
             while not detector.done:
                 chunk = detect_file.read(1024)
                 if not chunk:

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/applocation.py'
--- openlp/core/common/applocation.py	2017-08-02 06:09:38 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/applocation.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
     CacheDir = 5
     LanguageDir = 6
 
-    # Base path where data/config/cache dir is located
-    BaseDir = None
-
     @staticmethod
     def get_directory(dir_type=AppDir):
         """
@@ -78,8 +75,6 @@
             return get_frozen_path(FROZEN_APP_PATH, APP_PATH) / 'plugins'
         elif dir_type == AppLocation.LanguageDir:
             return get_frozen_path(FROZEN_APP_PATH, _get_os_dir_path(dir_type)) / 'i18n'
-        elif dir_type == AppLocation.DataDir and AppLocation.BaseDir:
-            return Path(AppLocation.BaseDir, 'data')
         else:
             return _get_os_dir_path(dir_type)
 
@@ -96,7 +91,7 @@
             path = Path(Settings().value('advanced/data path'))
         else:
             path = AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.DataDir)
-            check_directory_exists(str(path))
+            check_directory_exists(path)
         return path
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -104,14 +99,10 @@
         """
         Get a list of files from the data files path.
 
-        :param section: Defaults to *None*. The section of code getting the files - used to load from a section's data
-        subdirectory.
-        :type section: None | str
-
-        :param extension: Defaults to ''. The extension to search for. For example::
+        :param None | str section: Defaults to *None*. The section of code getting the files - used to load from a
+        section's data subdirectory.
+        :param str extension: Defaults to ''. The extension to search for. For example::
             '.png'
-        :type extension: str
-
         :return: List of files found.
         :rtype: list[pathlib.Path]
         """
@@ -134,7 +125,7 @@
         :rtype: pathlib.Path
         """
         path = AppLocation.get_data_path() / section
-        check_directory_exists(str(path))
+        check_directory_exists(path)
         return path
 
 
@@ -143,14 +134,12 @@
     Return a path based on which OS and environment we are running in.
 
     :param dir_type: AppLocation Enum of the requested path type
-    :type dir_type: AppLocation Enum
-
     :return: The requested path
     :rtype: pathlib.Path
     """
     # If running from source, return the language directory from the source directory
     if dir_type == AppLocation.LanguageDir:
-        directory = Path(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(openlp.__file__), '..', 'resources')))
+        directory = Path(openlp.__file__, '..', '..').resolve() / 'resources'
         if directory.exists():
             return directory
     if is_win():
@@ -158,14 +147,14 @@
         if dir_type == AppLocation.DataDir:
             return openlp_folder_path / 'data'
         elif dir_type == AppLocation.LanguageDir:
-            return os.path.dirname(openlp.__file__)
+            return Path(openlp.__file__).parent
         return openlp_folder_path
     elif is_macosx():
         openlp_folder_path = Path(os.getenv('HOME'), 'Library', 'Application Support', 'openlp')
         if dir_type == AppLocation.DataDir:
             return openlp_folder_path / 'Data'
         elif dir_type == AppLocation.LanguageDir:
-            return os.path.dirname(openlp.__file__)
+            return Path(openlp.__file__).parent
         return openlp_folder_path
     else:
         if dir_type == AppLocation.LanguageDir:

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/settings.py'
--- openlp/core/common/settings.py	2017-08-23 20:21:11 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/settings.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -502,31 +502,3 @@
         if isinstance(default_value, int):
             return int(setting)
         return setting
-
-    def get_files_from_config(self, plugin):
-        """
-        This removes the settings needed for old way we saved files (e. g. the image paths for the image plugin). A list
-        of file paths are returned.
-
-         **Note**: Only a list of paths is returned; this does not convert anything!
-
-         :param plugin: The Plugin object.The caller has to convert/save the list himself; o
-        """
-        files_list = []
-        # We need QSettings instead of Settings here to bypass our central settings dict.
-        # Do NOT do this anywhere else!
-        settings = QtCore.QSettings(self.fileName(), Settings.IniFormat)
-        settings.beginGroup(plugin.settings_section)
-        if settings.contains('{name} count'.format(name=plugin.name)):
-            # Get the count.
-            list_count = int(settings.value('{name} count'.format(name=plugin.name), 0))
-            if list_count:
-                for counter in range(list_count):
-                    # The keys were named e. g.: "image 0"
-                    item = settings.value('{name} {counter:d}'.format(name=plugin.name, counter=counter), '')
-                    if item:
-                        files_list.append(item)
-                    settings.remove('{name} {counter:d}'.format(name=plugin.name, counter=counter))
-            settings.remove('{name} count'.format(name=plugin.name))
-        settings.endGroup()
-        return files_list

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/__init__.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/__init__.py	2017-08-23 20:21:11 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/__init__.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -83,30 +83,28 @@
     Next = 3
 
 
-def get_text_file_string(text_file):
+def get_text_file_string(text_file_path):
     """
-    Open a file and return its content as unicode string. If the supplied file name is not a file then the function
+    Open a file and return its content as a string. If the supplied file path is not a file then the function
     returns False. If there is an error loading the file or the content can't be decoded then the function will return
     None.
 
-    :param text_file: The name of the file.
-    :return: The file as a single string
+    :param pathlib.Path text_file_path: The path to the file.
+    :return: The contents of the file, False if the file does not exist, or None if there is an Error reading or
+    decoding the file.
+    :rtype: str | False | None
     """
-    if not os.path.isfile(text_file):
+    if not text_file_path.is_file():
         return False
-    file_handle = None
     content = None
     try:
-        file_handle = open(text_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
-        if file_handle.read(3) != '\xEF\xBB\xBF':
-            # no BOM was found
-            file_handle.seek(0)
-        content = file_handle.read()
+        with text_file_path.open('r', encoding='utf-8') as file_handle:
+            if file_handle.read(3) != '\xEF\xBB\xBF':
+                # no BOM was found
+                file_handle.seek(0)
+            content = file_handle.read()
     except (IOError, UnicodeError):
-        log.exception('Failed to open text file {text}'.format(text=text_file))
-    finally:
-        if file_handle:
-            file_handle.close()
+        log.exception('Failed to open text file {text}'.format(text=text_file_path))
     return content
 
 

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/db.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/db.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/db.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@
     :param db_file_name: The database file name. Defaults to None resulting in the plugin_name being used.
     """
     if db_file_name:
-        db_file_path = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(plugin_name)), db_file_name)
+        db_file_path = AppLocation.get_section_data_path(plugin_name) / db_file_name
     else:
-        db_file_path = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(plugin_name)), plugin_name)
+        db_file_path = AppLocation.get_section_data_path(plugin_name) / plugin_name
     return delete_file(db_file_path)
 
 

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         """
         Scan a directory for objects inheriting from the ``Plugin`` class.
         """
-        glob_pattern = os.path.join('openlp', 'plugins', '*', '*plugin.py')
+        glob_pattern = os.path.join('plugins', '*', '*plugin.py')
         extension_loader(glob_pattern)
         plugin_classes = Plugin.__subclasses__()
         plugin_objects = []

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/theme.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/theme.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/theme.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -158,9 +158,8 @@
         Initialise the theme object.
         """
         # basic theme object with defaults
-        json_dir = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.AppDir)), 'core', 'lib', 'json')
-        json_file = os.path.join(json_dir, 'theme.json')
-        jsn = get_text_file_string(json_file)
+        json_path = AppLocation.get_directory(AppLocation.AppDir) / 'core' / 'lib' / 'json' / 'theme.json'
+        jsn = get_text_file_string(json_path)
         jsn = json.loads(jsn)
         self.expand_json(jsn)
         self.background_filename = ''

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/firsttimeform.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/firsttimeform.py	2017-08-03 17:54:40 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/firsttimeform.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 import urllib.request
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.error
+from configparser import ConfigParser, MissingSectionHeaderError, NoOptionError, NoSectionError
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import gettempdir
-from configparser import ConfigParser, MissingSectionHeaderError, NoSectionError, NoOptionError
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
 
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@
         self.no_internet_cancel_button.setVisible(False)
         # Check if this is a re-run of the wizard.
         self.has_run_wizard = Settings().value('core/has run wizard')
-        check_directory_exists(os.path.join(gettempdir(), 'openlp'))
+        check_directory_exists(Path(gettempdir(), 'openlp'))
 
     def update_screen_list_combo(self):
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py	2017-08-03 17:54:40 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from distutils import dir_util
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import gettempdir
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
@@ -870,7 +871,7 @@
         setting_sections.extend([plugin.name for plugin in self.plugin_manager.plugins])
         # Copy the settings file to the tmp dir, because we do not want to change the original one.
         temp_directory = os.path.join(str(gettempdir()), 'openlp')
-        check_directory_exists(temp_directory)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(temp_directory))
         temp_config = os.path.join(temp_directory, os.path.basename(import_file_name))
         shutil.copyfile(import_file_name, temp_config)
         settings = Settings()

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/media/mediacontroller.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/media/mediacontroller.py	2017-06-25 17:03:31 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/media/mediacontroller.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         Check to see if we have any media Player's available.
         """
         log.debug('_check_available_media_players')
-        controller_dir = os.path.join('openlp', 'core', 'ui', 'media')
+        controller_dir = os.path.join('core', 'ui', 'media')
         glob_pattern = os.path.join(controller_dir, '*player.py')
         extension_loader(glob_pattern, ['mediaplayer.py'])
         player_classes = MediaPlayer.__subclasses__()

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/printserviceform.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/printserviceform.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/printserviceform.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
         html_data = self._add_element('html')
         self._add_element('head', parent=html_data)
         self._add_element('title', self.title_line_edit.text(), html_data.head)
-        css_path = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_data_path()), 'serviceprint', 'service_print.css')
+        css_path = AppLocation.get_data_path() / 'serviceprint' / 'service_print.css'
         custom_css = get_text_file_string(css_path)
         if not custom_css:
             custom_css = DEFAULT_CSS

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py	2017-08-03 17:54:40 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import shutil
 import zipfile
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import mkstemp
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
@@ -587,7 +588,7 @@
                     audio_from = os.path.join(self.service_path, audio_from)
                 save_file = os.path.join(self.service_path, audio_to)
                 save_path = os.path.split(save_file)[0]
-                check_directory_exists(save_path)
+                check_directory_exists(Path(save_path))
                 if not os.path.exists(save_file):
                     shutil.copy(audio_from, save_file)
                 zip_file.write(audio_from, audio_to)
@@ -614,7 +615,7 @@
                 success = False
             self.main_window.add_recent_file(path_file_name)
             self.set_modified(False)
-        delete_file(temp_file_name)
+        delete_file(Path(temp_file_name))
         return success
 
     def save_local_file(self):
@@ -669,7 +670,7 @@
                 return self.save_file_as()
             self.main_window.add_recent_file(path_file_name)
             self.set_modified(False)
-        delete_file(temp_file_name)
+        delete_file(Path(temp_file_name))
         return success
 
     def save_file_as(self, field=None):
@@ -774,7 +775,7 @@
                 self.set_file_name(file_name)
                 self.main_window.display_progress_bar(len(items))
                 self.process_service_items(items)
-                delete_file(p_file)
+                delete_file(Path(p_file))
                 self.main_window.add_recent_file(file_name)
                 self.set_modified(False)
                 Settings().setValue('servicemanager/last file', file_name)
@@ -1343,7 +1344,7 @@
         Empties the service_path of temporary files on system exit.
         """
         for file_name in os.listdir(self.service_path):
-            file_path = os.path.join(self.service_path, file_name)
+            file_path = Path(self.service_path, file_name)
             delete_file(file_path)
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.service_path, 'audio')):
             shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(self.service_path, 'audio'), True)

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/themeform.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/themeform.py	2017-08-07 20:50:01 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/themeform.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 """
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 
@@ -188,7 +189,8 @@
         """
         background_image = BackgroundType.to_string(BackgroundType.Image)
         if self.page(self.currentId()) == self.background_page and \
-                self.theme.background_type == background_image and is_not_image_file(self.theme.background_filename):
+                self.theme.background_type == background_image and \
+                is_not_image_file(Path(self.theme.background_filename)):
             QtWidgets.QMessageBox.critical(self, translate('OpenLP.ThemeWizard', 'Background Image Empty'),
                                            translate('OpenLP.ThemeWizard', 'You have not selected a '
                                                      'background image. Please select one before continuing.'))

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py	2017-08-07 20:50:01 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import os
 import zipfile
 import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree, XML
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
@@ -161,9 +162,9 @@
         Set up the theme path variables
         """
         self.path = str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.settings_section))
-        check_directory_exists(self.path)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.path))
         self.thumb_path = os.path.join(self.path, 'thumbnails')
-        check_directory_exists(self.thumb_path)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.thumb_path))
 
     def check_list_state(self, item, field=None):
         """
@@ -355,8 +356,8 @@
         """
         self.theme_list.remove(theme)
         thumb = '{name}.png'.format(name=theme)
-        delete_file(os.path.join(self.path, thumb))
-        delete_file(os.path.join(self.thumb_path, thumb))
+        delete_file(Path(self.path, thumb))
+        delete_file(Path(self.thumb_path, thumb))
         try:
             # Windows is always unicode, so no need to encode filenames
             if is_win():
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@
         for theme_file in files:
             theme_file = os.path.join(self.path, str(theme_file))
             self.unzip_theme(theme_file, self.path)
-            delete_file(theme_file)
+            delete_file(Path(theme_file))
         files = AppLocation.get_files(self.settings_section, '.png')
         # No themes have been found so create one
         if not files:
@@ -514,12 +515,12 @@
         :return: The theme object.
         """
         self.log_debug('get theme data for theme {name}'.format(name=theme_name))
-        theme_file = os.path.join(self.path, str(theme_name), str(theme_name) + '.json')
-        theme_data = get_text_file_string(theme_file)
+        theme_file_path = Path(self.path, str(theme_name), '{file_name}.json'.format(file_name=theme_name))
+        theme_data = get_text_file_string(theme_file_path)
         jsn = True
         if not theme_data:
-            theme_file = os.path.join(self.path, str(theme_name), str(theme_name) + '.xml')
-            theme_data = get_text_file_string(theme_file)
+            theme_file_path = theme_file_path.with_suffix('.xml')
+            theme_data = get_text_file_string(theme_file_path)
             jsn = False
         if not theme_data:
             self.log_debug('No theme data - using default theme')
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@
                     # is directory or preview file
                     continue
                 full_name = os.path.join(directory, out_name)
-                check_directory_exists(os.path.dirname(full_name))
+                check_directory_exists(Path(os.path.dirname(full_name)))
                 if os.path.splitext(name)[1].lower() == '.xml' or os.path.splitext(name)[1].lower() == '.json':
                     file_xml = str(theme_zip.read(name), 'utf-8')
                     out_file = open(full_name, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
@@ -670,10 +671,10 @@
         name = theme.theme_name
         theme_pretty = theme.export_theme()
         theme_dir = os.path.join(self.path, name)
-        check_directory_exists(theme_dir)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(theme_dir))
         theme_file = os.path.join(theme_dir, name + '.json')
         if self.old_background_image and image_to != self.old_background_image:
-            delete_file(self.old_background_image)
+            delete_file(Path(self.old_background_image))
         out_file = None
         try:
             out_file = open(theme_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8')

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py'
--- openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py	2016-12-31 11:01:36 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 """
 import csv
 from collections import namedtuple
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common import get_file_encoding, translate
 from openlp.core.lib.exceptions import ValidationError
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@
         :return: An iterable yielding namedtuples of type results_tuple
         """
         try:
-            encoding = get_file_encoding(filename)['encoding']
+            encoding = get_file_encoding(Path(filename))['encoding']
             with open(filename, 'r', encoding=encoding, newline='') as csv_file:
                 csv_reader = csv.reader(csv_file, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
                 return [results_tuple(*line) for line in csv_reader]

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/manager.py'
--- openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/manager.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/manager.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common import AppLocation, OpenLPMixin, RegistryProperties, Settings, translate, delete_file, UiStrings
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib import LanguageSelection, parse_reference
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@
             # Remove corrupted files.
             if name is None:
                 bible.session.close_all()
-                delete_file(os.path.join(self.path, filename))
+                delete_file(Path(self.path, filename))
                 continue
             log.debug('Bible Name: "{name}"'.format(name=name))
             self.db_cache[name] = bible
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@
         bible = self.db_cache[name]
         bible.session.close_all()
         bible.session = None
-        return delete_file(os.path.join(bible.path, bible.file))
+        return delete_file(Path(bible.path, bible.file))
 
     def get_bibles(self):
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py'
--- openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py	2017-08-03 17:54:40 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
         self.list_view.setIndentation(self.list_view.default_indentation)
         self.list_view.allow_internal_dnd = True
         self.service_path = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.settings_section)), 'thumbnails')
-        check_directory_exists(self.service_path)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.service_path))
         # Load images from the database
         self.load_full_list(
             self.manager.get_all_objects(ImageFilenames, order_by_ref=ImageFilenames.filename), initial_load=True)
@@ -210,8 +211,8 @@
         """
         images = self.manager.get_all_objects(ImageFilenames, ImageFilenames.group_id == image_group.id)
         for image in images:
-            delete_file(os.path.join(self.service_path, os.path.split(image.filename)[1]))
-            delete_file(self.generate_thumbnail_path(image))
+            delete_file(Path(self.service_path, os.path.split(image.filename)[1]))
+            delete_file(Path(self.generate_thumbnail_path(image)))
             self.manager.delete_object(ImageFilenames, image.id)
         image_groups = self.manager.get_all_objects(ImageGroups, ImageGroups.parent_id == image_group.id)
         for group in image_groups:
@@ -233,8 +234,8 @@
                 if row_item:
                     item_data = row_item.data(0, QtCore.Qt.UserRole)
                     if isinstance(item_data, ImageFilenames):
-                        delete_file(os.path.join(self.service_path, row_item.text(0)))
-                        delete_file(self.generate_thumbnail_path(item_data))
+                        delete_file(Path(self.service_path, row_item.text(0)))
+                        delete_file(Path(self.generate_thumbnail_path(item_data)))
                         if item_data.group_id == 0:
                             self.list_view.takeTopLevelItem(self.list_view.indexOfTopLevelItem(row_item))
                         else:

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py'
--- openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py	2017-08-03 17:54:40 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
 
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@
         """
         self.list_view.clear()
         self.service_path = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.settings_section)), 'thumbnails')
-        check_directory_exists(self.service_path)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.service_path))
         self.load_list(Settings().value(self.settings_section + '/media files'))
         self.rebuild_players()
 

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/media/mediaplugin.py'
--- openlp/plugins/media/mediaplugin.py	2017-08-03 17:54:40 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/media/mediaplugin.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
@@ -165,8 +166,7 @@
     :param program_path:The full path to the binary to check.
     :return: If exists or not
     """
-    program_type = None
-    runlog = check_binary_exists(program_path)
+    runlog = check_binary_exists(Path(program_path))
     # Analyse the output to see it the program is mediainfo
     for line in runlog.splitlines():
         decoded_line = line.decode()

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/impresscontroller.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/impresscontroller.py	2017-05-14 10:11:10 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/impresscontroller.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common import is_win, Registry, get_uno_command, get_uno_instance, delete_file
 
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@
             try:
                 doc.storeToURL(url_path, properties)
                 self.convert_thumbnail(path, index + 1)
-                delete_file(path)
+                delete_file(Path(path))
             except ErrorCodeIOException as exception:
                 log.exception('ERROR! ErrorCodeIOException {error:d}'.format(error=exception.ErrCode))
             except:

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/pdfcontroller.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/pdfcontroller.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/pdfcontroller.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import os
 import logging
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import which
 from subprocess import check_output, CalledProcessError
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
         :return: Type of the binary, 'gs' if ghostscript, 'mudraw' if mudraw, None if invalid.
         """
         program_type = None
-        runlog = check_binary_exists(program_path)
+        runlog = check_binary_exists(Path(program_path))
         # Analyse the output to see it the program is mudraw, ghostscript or neither
         for line in runlog.splitlines():
             decoded_line = line.decode()

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationcontroller.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationcontroller.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationcontroller.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@
         """
         self.slide_number = 0
         self.file_path = name
-        check_directory_exists(self.get_thumbnail_folder())
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.get_thumbnail_folder()))
 
     def load_presentation(self):
         """
@@ -419,8 +420,8 @@
         self.thumbnail_folder = os.path.join(
             str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.settings_section)), 'thumbnails')
         self.thumbnail_prefix = 'slide'
-        check_directory_exists(self.thumbnail_folder)
-        check_directory_exists(self.temp_folder)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.thumbnail_folder))
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.temp_folder))
 
     def enabled(self):
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/presentationplugin.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/presentationplugin.py	2017-06-09 15:56:40 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/presentationplugin.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         Check to see if we have any presentation software available. If not do not install the plugin.
         """
         log.debug('check_pre_conditions')
-        controller_dir = os.path.join('openlp', 'plugins', 'presentations', 'lib')
+        controller_dir = os.path.join('plugins', 'presentations', 'lib')
         glob_pattern = os.path.join(controller_dir, '*controller.py')
         extension_loader(glob_pattern, ['presentationcontroller.py'])
         controller_classes = PresentationController.__subclasses__()

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteplugin.py'
--- openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteplugin.py	2017-06-18 06:03:42 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteplugin.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -59,21 +59,22 @@
         Create the internal file structure if it does not exist
         :return:
         """
-        check_directory_exists(os.path.join(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes'), 'assets'))
-        check_directory_exists(os.path.join(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes'), 'images'))
-        check_directory_exists(os.path.join(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes'), 'static'))
-        check_directory_exists(os.path.join(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes'), 'static', 'index'))
-        check_directory_exists(os.path.join(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes'), 'templates'))
+        check_directory_exists(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes') / 'assets')
+        check_directory_exists(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes') / 'images')
+        check_directory_exists(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes') / 'static')
+        check_directory_exists(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes') / 'static', 'index')
+        check_directory_exists(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('remotes') / 'templates')
 
     @staticmethod
     def about():
         """
         Information about this plugin
         """
-        about_text = translate('RemotePlugin', '<strong>Web Interface</strong>'
-                                               '<br />The web interface plugin provides the ability develop web based '
-                                               'interfaces using openlp web services. \nPredefined interfaces can be '
-                                               'download as well as custom developed interfaces')
+        about_text = translate(
+            'RemotePlugin',
+            '<strong>Web Interface</strong>'
+            '<br />The web interface plugin provides the ability to develop web based interfaces using OpenLP web '
+            'services.\nPredefined interfaces can be download as well as custom developed interfaces.')
         return about_text
 
     def set_plugin_text_strings(self):

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py	2017-08-11 20:47:52 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@
         log.debug(audio_files)
         save_path = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.media_item.plugin.name)), 'audio',
                                  str(self.song.id))
-        check_directory_exists(save_path)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(save_path))
         self.song.media_files = []
         files = []
         for row in range(self.audio_list_widget.count()):

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py	2017-05-11 19:53:47 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import re
 import base64
 import math
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib import VerseType
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib.importers.songimport import SongImport
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@
             file_name = os.path.split(import_file)[1]
             if os.path.isfile(import_file):
                 # Detect the encoding
-                self.input_file_encoding = get_file_encoding(import_file)['encoding']
+                self.input_file_encoding = get_file_encoding(Path(import_file))['encoding']
                 # The encoding should only be ANSI (cp1252), UTF-8, Unicode, Big-Endian-Unicode.
                 # So if it doesn't start with 'u' we default to cp1252. See:
                 # https://forum.songbeamer.com/viewtopic.php?p=419&sid=ca4814924e37c11e4438b7272a98b6f2

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@
         if not hasattr(self, 'save_path'):
             self.save_path = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.import_wizard.plugin.name)),
                                           'audio', str(song_id))
-        check_directory_exists(self.save_path)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.save_path))
         if not filename.startswith(self.save_path):
             old_file, filename = filename, os.path.join(self.save_path, os.path.split(filename)[1])
             shutil.copyfile(old_file, filename)

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py	2017-08-03 17:54:40 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
 from sqlalchemy.sql import and_, or_
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
         for i, bga in enumerate(item.background_audio):
             dest_file = os.path.join(
                 str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.plugin.name)), 'audio', str(song.id), os.path.split(bga)[1])
-            check_directory_exists(os.path.split(dest_file)[0])
+            check_directory_exists(Path(os.path.split(dest_file)[0]))
             shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path('servicemanager')), bga), dest_file)
             song.media_files.append(MediaFile.populate(weight=i, file_name=dest_file))
         self.plugin.manager.save_object(song, True)
@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@
             if len(old_song.media_files) > 0:
                 save_path = os.path.join(
                     str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.plugin.name)), 'audio', str(new_song.id))
-                check_directory_exists(save_path)
+                check_directory_exists(Path(save_path))
                 for media_file in old_song.media_files:
                     new_media_file_name = os.path.join(save_path, os.path.basename(media_file.file_name))
                     shutil.copyfile(media_file.file_name, new_media_file_name)

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py	2016-12-31 11:01:36 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 """
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from lxml import etree
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
         self.manager = parent.plugin.manager
         self.songs = songs
         self.save_path = save_path
-        check_directory_exists(self.save_path)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(self.save_path))
 
     def do_export(self):
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songusage/forms/songusagedetailform.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songusage/forms/songusagedetailform.py	2017-08-04 17:40:57 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songusage/forms/songusagedetailform.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
 from sqlalchemy.sql import and_
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
                           ' song usage report. \nPlease select an existing path on your computer.')
             )
             return
-        check_directory_exists(path)
+        check_directory_exists(Path(path))
         file_name = translate('SongUsagePlugin.SongUsageDetailForm',
                               'usage_detail_{old}_{new}.txt'
                               ).format(old=self.from_date_calendar.selectedDate().toString('ddMMyyyy'),

=== modified file 'scripts/appveyor.yml'
--- scripts/appveyor.yml	2017-05-11 20:24:20 +0000
+++ scripts/appveyor.yml	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 install:
   # Install dependencies from pypi
-  - "%PYTHON%\\python.exe -m pip install sqlalchemy alembic chardet beautifulsoup4 Mako nose mock pyodbc==4.0.8 psycopg2 pypiwin32 pyenchant"
+  - "%PYTHON%\\python.exe -m pip install sqlalchemy alembic chardet beautifulsoup4 Mako nose mock pyodbc==4.0.8 psycopg2 pypiwin32 pyenchant websockets asyncio waitress six webob"
   # Install mysql dependency
   - "%PYTHON%\\python.exe -m pip install http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/Connector-Python/mysql-connector-python-2.0.4.zip#md5=3df394d89300db95163f17c843ef49df"
   # Download and install lxml and pyicu (originally from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/)

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_applocation.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_applocation.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_applocation.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -43,14 +43,12 @@
         """
         with patch('openlp.core.common.applocation.Settings') as mocked_class, \
                 patch('openlp.core.common.AppLocation.get_directory') as mocked_get_directory, \
-                patch('openlp.core.common.applocation.check_directory_exists') as mocked_check_directory_exists, \
-                patch('openlp.core.common.applocation.os') as mocked_os:
+                patch('openlp.core.common.applocation.check_directory_exists') as mocked_check_directory_exists:
             # GIVEN: A mocked out Settings class and a mocked out AppLocation.get_directory()
             mocked_settings = mocked_class.return_value
             mocked_settings.contains.return_value = False
-            mocked_get_directory.return_value = os.path.join('test', 'dir')
+            mocked_get_directory.return_value = Path('test', 'dir')
             mocked_check_directory_exists.return_value = True
-            mocked_os.path.normpath.return_value = os.path.join('test', 'dir')
 
             # WHEN: we call AppLocation.get_data_path()
             data_path = AppLocation.get_data_path()
@@ -58,8 +56,8 @@
             # THEN: check that all the correct methods were called, and the result is correct
             mocked_settings.contains.assert_called_with('advanced/data path')
             mocked_get_directory.assert_called_with(AppLocation.DataDir)
-            mocked_check_directory_exists.assert_called_with(os.path.join('test', 'dir'))
-            self.assertEqual(os.path.join('test', 'dir'), data_path, 'Result should be "test/dir"')
+            mocked_check_directory_exists.assert_called_with(Path('test', 'dir'))
+            self.assertEqual(Path('test', 'dir'), data_path, 'Result should be "test/dir"')
 
     def test_get_data_path_with_custom_location(self):
         """
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@
             data_path = AppLocation.get_section_data_path('section')
 
             # THEN: check that all the correct methods were called, and the result is correct
-            mocked_check_directory_exists.assert_called_with(os.path.join('test', 'dir', 'section'))
+            mocked_check_directory_exists.assert_called_with(Path('test', 'dir', 'section'))
             self.assertEqual(Path('test', 'dir', 'section'), data_path, 'Result should be "test/dir/section"')
 
     def test_get_directory_for_app_dir(self):

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_common.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_common.py	2017-08-01 20:59:41 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_common.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -35,44 +35,70 @@
     """
     A test suite to test out various functions in the openlp.core.common module.
     """
-    def test_check_directory_exists(self):
-        """
-        Test the check_directory_exists() function
-        """
-        with patch('openlp.core.lib.os.path.exists') as mocked_exists, \
-                patch('openlp.core.lib.os.makedirs') as mocked_makedirs:
-            # GIVEN: A directory to check and a mocked out os.makedirs and os.path.exists
-            directory_to_check = 'existing/directory'
+    def test_check_directory_exists_dir_exists(self):
+        """
+        Test the check_directory_exists() function when the path already exists
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A `Path` to check with patched out mkdir and exists methods
+        with patch.object(Path, 'exists') as mocked_exists, \
+                patch.object(Path, 'mkdir') as mocked_mkdir, \
+                patch('openlp.core.common.log'):
 
-            # WHEN: os.path.exists returns True and we check to see if the directory exists
+            # WHEN: `check_directory_exists` is called and the path exists
             mocked_exists.return_value = True
-            check_directory_exists(directory_to_check)
-
-            # THEN: Only os.path.exists should have been called
-            mocked_exists.assert_called_with(directory_to_check)
-            self.assertIsNot(mocked_makedirs.called, 'os.makedirs should not have been called')
-
-            # WHEN: os.path.exists returns False and we check the directory exists
+            check_directory_exists(Path('existing', 'directory'))
+
+            # THEN: The function should not attempt to create the directory
+            mocked_exists.assert_called_with()
+            self.assertFalse(mocked_mkdir.called)
+
+    def test_check_directory_exists_dir_doesnt_exists(self):
+        """
+        Test the check_directory_exists() function when the path does not already exist
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A `Path` to check with patched out mkdir and exists methods
+        with patch.object(Path, 'exists') as mocked_exists, \
+                patch.object(Path, 'mkdir') as mocked_mkdir, \
+                patch('openlp.core.common.log'):
+
+            # WHEN: `check_directory_exists` is called and the path does not exist
             mocked_exists.return_value = False
-            check_directory_exists(directory_to_check)
-
-            # THEN: Both the mocked functions should have been called
-            mocked_exists.assert_called_with(directory_to_check)
-            mocked_makedirs.assert_called_with(directory_to_check)
-
-            # WHEN: os.path.exists raises an IOError
+            check_directory_exists(Path('existing', 'directory'))
+
+            # THEN: The directory should have been created
+            mocked_exists.assert_called_with()
+            mocked_mkdir.assert_called_with(parents=True)
+
+    def test_check_directory_exists_dir_io_error(self):
+        """
+        Test the check_directory_exists() when an IOError is raised
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A `Path` to check with patched out mkdir and exists methods
+        with patch.object(Path, 'exists') as mocked_exists, \
+                patch.object(Path, 'mkdir'), \
+                patch('openlp.core.common.log') as mocked_logger:
+
+            # WHEN: An IOError is raised when checking the if the path exists.
             mocked_exists.side_effect = IOError()
-            check_directory_exists(directory_to_check)
-
-            # THEN: We shouldn't get an exception though the mocked exists has been called
-            mocked_exists.assert_called_with(directory_to_check)
+            check_directory_exists(Path('existing', 'directory'))
+
+            # THEN: The Error should have been logged
+            mocked_logger.exception.assert_called_once_with('failed to check if directory exists or create directory')
+
+    def test_check_directory_exists_dir_value_error(self):
+        """
+        Test the check_directory_exists() when an error other than IOError is raised
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A `Path` to check with patched out mkdir and exists methods
+        with patch.object(Path, 'exists') as mocked_exists, \
+                patch.object(Path, 'mkdir'), \
+                patch('openlp.core.common.log'):
 
             # WHEN: Some other exception is raised
             mocked_exists.side_effect = ValueError()
 
-            # THEN: check_directory_exists raises an exception
-            mocked_exists.assert_called_with(directory_to_check)
-            self.assertRaises(ValueError, check_directory_exists, directory_to_check)
+            # THEN: `check_directory_exists` raises an exception
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, check_directory_exists, Path('existing', 'directory'))
 
     def test_extension_loader_no_files_found(self):
         """
@@ -80,7 +106,7 @@
         """
         # GIVEN: A mocked `Path.glob` method which does not match any files
         with patch('openlp.core.common.AppLocation.get_directory', return_value=Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp')), \
-                patch.object(common.Path, 'glob', return_value=[]), \
+                patch.object(Path, 'glob', return_value=[]), \
                 patch('openlp.core.common.importlib.import_module') as mocked_import_module:
 
             # WHEN: Calling `extension_loader`
@@ -95,7 +121,7 @@
         """
         # GIVEN: A mocked `Path.glob` method which returns a list of files
         with patch('openlp.core.common.AppLocation.get_directory', return_value=Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp')), \
-                patch.object(common.Path, 'glob', return_value=[
+                patch.object(Path, 'glob', return_value=[
                     Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp', 'import_dir', 'file1.py'),
                     Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp', 'import_dir', 'file2.py'),
                     Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp', 'import_dir', 'file3.py'),
@@ -115,7 +141,7 @@
         """
         # GIVEN: A mocked `import_module` which raises an `ImportError`
         with patch('openlp.core.common.AppLocation.get_directory', return_value=Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp')), \
-                patch.object(common.Path, 'glob', return_value=[
+                patch.object(Path, 'glob', return_value=[
                     Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp', 'import_dir', 'file1.py')]), \
                 patch('openlp.core.common.importlib.import_module', side_effect=ImportError()), \
                 patch('openlp.core.common.log') as mocked_logger:
@@ -132,7 +158,7 @@
         """
         # GIVEN: A mocked `SourceFileLoader` which raises an `OSError`
         with patch('openlp.core.common.AppLocation.get_directory', return_value=Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp')), \
-                patch.object(common.Path, 'glob', return_value=[
+                patch.object(Path, 'glob', return_value=[
                     Path('/', 'app', 'dir', 'openlp', 'import_dir', 'file1.py')]), \
                 patch('openlp.core.common.importlib.import_module', side_effect=OSError()), \
                 patch('openlp.core.common.log') as mocked_logger:
@@ -174,7 +200,7 @@
         Test `path_to_module` when supplied with a `Path` object
         """
         # GIVEN: A `Path` object
-        path = Path('openlp/core/ui/media/webkitplayer.py')
+        path = Path('core', 'ui', 'media', 'webkitplayer.py')
 
         # WHEN: Calling path_to_module with the `Path` object
         result = path_to_module(path)

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_init.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_init.py	2017-04-24 05:17:55 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_init.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 """
 import os
 from io import BytesIO
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock, call, patch
 
@@ -296,10 +297,10 @@
         """
         # GIVEN: A blank path
         # WEHN: Calling delete_file
-        result = delete_file('')
+        result = delete_file(None)
 
         # THEN: delete_file should return False
-        self.assertFalse(result, "delete_file should return False when called with ''")
+        self.assertFalse(result, "delete_file should return False when called with None")
 
     def test_delete_file_path_success(self):
         """
@@ -309,84 +310,87 @@
         with patch('openlp.core.common.os', **{'path.exists.return_value': False}):
 
             # WHEN: Calling delete_file with a file path
-            result = delete_file('path/file.ext')
+            result = delete_file(Path('path', 'file.ext'))
 
             # THEN: delete_file should return True
             self.assertTrue(result, 'delete_file should return True when it successfully deletes a file')
 
     def test_delete_file_path_no_file_exists(self):
         """
-        Test the delete_file function when the file to remove does not exist
+        Test the `delete_file` function when the file to remove does not exist
         """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked os which returns False when os.path.exists is called
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.os', **{'path.exists.return_value': False}):
-
-            # WHEN: Calling delete_file with a file path
-            result = delete_file('path/file.ext')
-
-            # THEN: delete_file should return True
+        # GIVEN: A patched `exists` methods on the Path object, which returns False
+        with patch.object(Path, 'exists', return_value=False), \
+                patch.object(Path, 'unlink') as mocked_unlink:
+
+            # WHEN: Calling `delete_file with` a file path
+            result = delete_file(Path('path', 'file.ext'))
+
+            # THEN: The function should not attempt to delete the file and it should return True
+            self.assertFalse(mocked_unlink.called)
             self.assertTrue(result, 'delete_file should return True when the file doesnt exist')
 
     def test_delete_file_path_exception(self):
         """
-        Test the delete_file function when os.remove raises an exception
+        Test the delete_file function when an exception is raised
         """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked os which returns True when os.path.exists is called and raises an OSError when os.remove is
+        # GIVEN: A test `Path` object with a patched exists method which raises an OSError
         #       called.
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.os', **{'path.exists.return_value': True, 'path.exists.side_effect': OSError}), \
+        with patch.object(Path, 'exists') as mocked_exists, \
                 patch('openlp.core.common.log') as mocked_log:
-
-            # WHEN: Calling delete_file with a file path
-            result = delete_file('path/file.ext')
-
-            # THEN: delete_file should log and exception and return False
-            self.assertEqual(mocked_log.exception.call_count, 1)
-            self.assertFalse(result, 'delete_file should return False when os.remove raises an OSError')
-
-    def test_get_file_name_encoding_done_test(self):
+            mocked_exists.side_effect = OSError
+
+            # WHEN: Calling delete_file with a the test Path object
+            result = delete_file(Path('path', 'file.ext'))
+
+            # THEN: The exception should be logged and `delete_file` should return False
+            self.assertTrue(mocked_log.exception.called)
+            self.assertFalse(result, 'delete_file should return False when an OSError is raised')
+
+    def test_get_file_encoding_done_test(self):
         """
         Test get_file_encoding when the detector sets done to True
         """
         # GIVEN: A mocked UniversalDetector instance with done attribute set to True after first iteration
         with patch('openlp.core.common.UniversalDetector') as mocked_universal_detector, \
-                patch('builtins.open', return_value=BytesIO(b"data" * 260)) as mocked_open:
+                patch.object(Path, 'open', return_value=BytesIO(b"data" * 260)) as mocked_open:
             encoding_result = {'encoding': 'UTF-8', 'confidence': 0.99}
             mocked_universal_detector_inst = MagicMock(result=encoding_result)
             type(mocked_universal_detector_inst).done = PropertyMock(side_effect=[False, True])
             mocked_universal_detector.return_value = mocked_universal_detector_inst
 
             # WHEN: Calling get_file_encoding
-            result = get_file_encoding('file name')
+            result = get_file_encoding(Path('file name'))
 
             # THEN: The feed method of UniversalDetector should only br called once before returning a result
-            mocked_open.assert_called_once_with('file name', 'rb')
+            mocked_open.assert_called_once_with('rb')
             self.assertEqual(mocked_universal_detector_inst.feed.mock_calls, [call(b"data" * 256)])
             mocked_universal_detector_inst.close.assert_called_once_with()
             self.assertEqual(result, encoding_result)
 
-    def test_get_file_name_encoding_eof_test(self):
+    def test_get_file_encoding_eof_test(self):
         """
         Test get_file_encoding when the end of the file is reached
         """
         # GIVEN: A mocked UniversalDetector instance which isn't set to done and a mocked open, with 1040 bytes of test
         #       data (enough to run the iterator twice)
         with patch('openlp.core.common.UniversalDetector') as mocked_universal_detector, \
-                patch('builtins.open', return_value=BytesIO(b"data" * 260)) as mocked_open:
+                patch.object(Path, 'open', return_value=BytesIO(b"data" * 260)) as mocked_open:
             encoding_result = {'encoding': 'UTF-8', 'confidence': 0.99}
             mocked_universal_detector_inst = MagicMock(mock=mocked_universal_detector,
                                                        **{'done': False, 'result': encoding_result})
             mocked_universal_detector.return_value = mocked_universal_detector_inst
 
             # WHEN: Calling get_file_encoding
-            result = get_file_encoding('file name')
+            result = get_file_encoding(Path('file name'))
 
             # THEN: The feed method of UniversalDetector should have been called twice before returning a result
-            mocked_open.assert_called_once_with('file name', 'rb')
+            mocked_open.assert_called_once_with('rb')
             self.assertEqual(mocked_universal_detector_inst.feed.mock_calls, [call(b"data" * 256), call(b"data" * 4)])
             mocked_universal_detector_inst.close.assert_called_once_with()
             self.assertEqual(result, encoding_result)
 
-    def test_get_file_name_encoding_oserror_test(self):
+    def test_get_file_encoding_oserror_test(self):
         """
         Test get_file_encoding when the end of the file is reached
         """
@@ -397,7 +401,7 @@
                 patch('openlp.core.common.log') as mocked_log:
 
             # WHEN: Calling get_file_encoding
-            result = get_file_encoding('file name')
+            result = get_file_encoding(Path('file name'))
 
             # THEN: log.exception should be called and get_file_encoding should return None
             mocked_log.exception.assert_called_once_with('Error detecting file encoding')

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_db.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_db.py	2017-06-09 13:45:18 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_db.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 """
 import os
 import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -129,10 +130,10 @@
         # GIVEN: Mocked out AppLocation class and delete_file method, a test plugin name and a db location
         with patch('openlp.core.lib.db.AppLocation') as MockedAppLocation, \
                 patch('openlp.core.lib.db.delete_file') as mocked_delete_file:
-            MockedAppLocation.get_section_data_path.return_value = 'test-dir'
+            MockedAppLocation.get_section_data_path.return_value = Path('test-dir')
             mocked_delete_file.return_value = True
             test_plugin = 'test'
-            test_location = os.path.join('test-dir', test_plugin)
+            test_location = Path('test-dir', test_plugin)
 
             # WHEN: delete_database is run without a database file
             result = delete_database(test_plugin)
@@ -149,11 +150,11 @@
         # GIVEN: Mocked out AppLocation class and delete_file method, a test plugin name and a db location
         with patch('openlp.core.lib.db.AppLocation') as MockedAppLocation, \
                 patch('openlp.core.lib.db.delete_file') as mocked_delete_file:
-            MockedAppLocation.get_section_data_path.return_value = 'test-dir'
+            MockedAppLocation.get_section_data_path.return_value = Path('test-dir')
             mocked_delete_file.return_value = False
             test_plugin = 'test'
             test_db_file = 'mydb.sqlite'
-            test_location = os.path.join('test-dir', test_db_file)
+            test_location = Path('test-dir', test_db_file)
 
             # WHEN: delete_database is run without a database file
             result = delete_database(test_plugin, test_db_file)

=== removed file 'tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_file_dialog.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_file_dialog.py	2017-08-07 21:12:42 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_file_dialog.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=120 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
-
-###############################################################################
-# OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection                                      #
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# Copyright (c) 2008-2017 OpenLP Developers                                   #
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it     #
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-# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.                              #
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-# Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA                          #
-###############################################################################
-"""
-Package to test the openlp.core.ui.lib.filedialog package.
-"""
-from unittest import TestCase
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
-
-
-class TestFileDialog(TestCase):
-    """
-    Test the functions in the :mod:`filedialog` module.
-    """
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.os_patcher = patch('openlp.core.ui.lib.filedialog.os')
-        self.qt_gui_patcher = patch('openlp.core.ui.lib.filedialog.QtWidgets')
-        self.ui_strings_patcher = patch('openlp.core.ui.lib.filedialog.UiStrings')
-        self.mocked_os = self.os_patcher.start()
-        self.mocked_qt_gui = self.qt_gui_patcher.start()
-        self.mocked_ui_strings = self.ui_strings_patcher.start()
-        self.mocked_parent = MagicMock()
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.os_patcher.stop()
-        self.qt_gui_patcher.stop()
-        self.ui_strings_patcher.stop()

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_lib.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_lib.py	2017-08-23 20:21:11 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/test_lib.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 """
 import os
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -148,35 +149,34 @@
         """
         Test the get_text_file_string() function when a file does not exist
         """
-        with patch('openlp.core.lib.os.path.isfile') as mocked_isfile:
-            # GIVEN: A mocked out isfile which returns true, and a text file name
-            filename = 'testfile.txt'
-            mocked_isfile.return_value = False
+        # GIVEN: A patched is_file which returns False, and a file path
+        with patch.object(Path, 'is_file', return_value=False):
+            file_path = Path('testfile.txt')
 
             # WHEN: get_text_file_string is called
-            result = get_text_file_string(filename)
+            result = get_text_file_string(file_path)
 
             # THEN: The result should be False
-            mocked_isfile.assert_called_with(filename)
+            file_path.is_file.assert_called_with()
             self.assertFalse(result, 'False should be returned if no file exists')
 
     def test_get_text_file_string_read_error(self):
         """
         Test the get_text_file_string() method when a read error happens
         """
-        with patch('openlp.core.lib.os.path.isfile') as mocked_isfile, \
-                patch('openlp.core.lib.open', create=True) as mocked_open:
-            # GIVEN: A mocked-out open() which raises an exception and isfile returns True
-            filename = 'testfile.txt'
-            mocked_isfile.return_value = True
-            mocked_open.side_effect = IOError()
+        # GIVEN: A patched open which raises an exception and is_file which returns True
+        with patch.object(Path, 'is_file'), \
+                patch.object(Path, 'open'):
+            file_path = Path('testfile.txt')
+            file_path.is_file.return_value = True
+            file_path.open.side_effect = IOError()
 
             # WHEN: get_text_file_string is called
-            result = get_text_file_string(filename)
+            result = get_text_file_string(file_path)
 
             # THEN: None should be returned
-            mocked_isfile.assert_called_with(filename)
-            mocked_open.assert_called_with(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
+            file_path.is_file.assert_called_once_with()
+            file_path.open.assert_called_once_with('r', encoding='utf-8')
             self.assertIsNone(result, 'None should be returned if the file cannot be opened')
 
     def test_get_text_file_string_decode_error(self):

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core_ui/test_firsttimeform.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core_ui/test_firsttimeform.py	2017-04-24 05:17:55 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core_ui/test_firsttimeform.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 import urllib
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@
             mocked_settings.value.return_value = True
             MockedSettings.return_value = mocked_settings
             mocked_gettempdir.return_value = 'temp'
-            expected_temp_path = os.path.join('temp', 'openlp')
+            expected_temp_path = Path('temp', 'openlp')
 
             # WHEN: The set_defaults() method is run
             frw.set_defaults()

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core_ui/test_thememanager.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core_ui/test_thememanager.py	2017-06-01 06:18:47 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core_ui/test_thememanager.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         #        theme, check_directory_exists and thememanager-attributes.
         with patch('builtins.open') as mocked_open, \
                 patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.shutil.copyfile') as mocked_copyfile, \
-                patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.check_directory_exists') as mocked_check_directory_exists:
+                patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.check_directory_exists'):
             mocked_open.return_value = MagicMock()
             theme_manager = ThemeManager(None)
             theme_manager.old_background_image = None
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         #        theme, check_directory_exists and thememanager-attributes.
         with patch('builtins.open') as mocked_open, \
                 patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.shutil.copyfile') as mocked_copyfile, \
-                patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.check_directory_exists') as mocked_check_directory_exists:
+                patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.check_directory_exists'):
             mocked_open.return_value = MagicMock()
             theme_manager = ThemeManager(None)
             theme_manager.old_background_image = None

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_manager.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_manager.py	2016-12-31 11:01:36 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_manager.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 """
 This module contains tests for the manager submodule of the Bibles plugin.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@
         """
         # GIVEN: An instance of BibleManager and a mocked bible
         with patch.object(BibleManager, 'reload_bibles'), \
-                patch('openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.manager.os.path.join', side_effect=lambda x, y: '{}/{}'.format(x, y)),\
                 patch('openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.manager.delete_file', return_value=True) as mocked_delete_file:
             instance = BibleManager(MagicMock())
             # We need to keep a reference to the mock for close_all as it gets set to None later on!
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@
             self.assertTrue(result)
             mocked_close_all.assert_called_once_with()
             self.assertIsNone(mocked_bible.session)
-            mocked_delete_file.assert_called_once_with('bibles/KJV.sqlite')
+            mocked_delete_file.assert_called_once_with(Path('bibles', 'KJV.sqlite'))

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/media/test_mediaplugin.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/media/test_mediaplugin.py	2017-06-06 20:58:12 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/media/test_mediaplugin.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -38,20 +38,18 @@
     def setUp(self):
         Registry.create()
 
-    @patch(u'openlp.plugins.media.mediaplugin.Plugin.initialise')
+    @patch('openlp.plugins.media.mediaplugin.Plugin.initialise')
     def test_initialise(self, mocked_initialise):
         """
         Test that the initialise() method overwrites the built-in one, but still calls it
         """
-        # GIVEN: A media plugin instance and a mocked settings object
+        # GIVEN: A media plugin instance
         media_plugin = MediaPlugin()
-        mocked_settings = MagicMock()
-        mocked_settings.get_files_from_config.return_value = True  # Not the real value, just need something "true-ish"
 
         # WHEN: initialise() is called
         media_plugin.initialise()
 
-        # THEN: The settings should be upgraded and the base initialise() method should be called
+        # THEN: The the base initialise() method should be called
         mocked_initialise.assert_called_with()
 
     def test_about_text(self):

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_presentationcontroller.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_presentationcontroller.py	2017-05-30 18:42:35 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_presentationcontroller.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 classes and related methods.
 """
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, mock_open, patch
 
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@
     """
     def setUp(self):
         self.get_thumbnail_folder_patcher = \
-            patch('openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.presentationcontroller.PresentationDocument.get_thumbnail_folder')
+            patch('openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.presentationcontroller.PresentationDocument.get_thumbnail_folder',
+                  return_value=Path())
         self.get_thumbnail_folder_patcher.start()
         mocked_plugin = MagicMock()
         mocked_plugin.settings_section = 'presentations'
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@
         PresentationDocument(self.mock_controller, 'Name')
 
         # THEN: check_directory_exists should have been called with 'returned/path/'
-        self.mock_check_directory_exists.assert_called_once_with('returned/path/')
+        self.mock_check_directory_exists.assert_called_once_with(Path('returned', 'path'))
 
         self._setup_patcher.start()
 

=== modified file 'tests/interfaces/openlp_core_common/test_utils.py'
--- tests/interfaces/openlp_core_common/test_utils.py	2016-12-31 11:01:36 +0000
+++ tests/interfaces/openlp_core_common/test_utils.py	2017-08-24 19:54:19 +0000
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 """
 Functional tests to test the AppLocation class and related methods.
 """
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from openlp.core.common import is_not_image_file
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         Test the method handles an image file
         """
         # Given and empty string
-        file_name = os.path.join(TEST_RESOURCES_PATH, 'church.jpg')
+        file_name = Path(TEST_RESOURCES_PATH, 'church.jpg')
 
         # WHEN testing for it
         result = is_not_image_file(file_name)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         Test the method handles a non image file
         """
         # Given and empty string
-        file_name = os.path.join(TEST_RESOURCES_PATH, 'serviceitem_custom_1.osj')
+        file_name = Path(TEST_RESOURCES_PATH, 'serviceitem_custom_1.osj')
 
         # WHEN testing for it
         result = is_not_image_file(file_name)