diff --git a/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/testutils/CaseUtils.java b/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/testutils/CaseUtils.java
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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Basis Technology Corp.
+ * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.testutils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.openide.util.Exceptions;
+import org.python.icu.impl.Assert;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.CaseActionException;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.CaseDetails;
+
+public final class CaseUtils {
+    
+    private CaseUtils() {
+    }
+    
+    public static void createCase(Path caseDirectoryPath) {
+        //Make sure the test is starting with a clean state. So delete the test directory, if it exists.
+        deleteCaseDir(caseDirectoryPath);
+        assertFalse("Unable to delete existing test directory", caseDirectoryPath.toFile().exists());
+ 
+        // Create the test directory
+        caseDirectoryPath.toFile().mkdirs();
+        assertTrue("Unable to create test directory", caseDirectoryPath.toFile().exists());
+
+        try {
+            Case.createAsCurrentCase(Case.CaseType.SINGLE_USER_CASE, caseDirectoryPath.toString(), new CaseDetails("IngestFiltersTest"));
+        } catch (CaseActionException ex) {
+            Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
+            Assert.fail(ex);
+        }        
+        assertTrue(caseDirectoryPath.toFile().exists());
+    }
+    
+    public static void closeCase() {
+        try {
+            Case.closeCurrentCase();
+            //Seems like we need some time to close the case, so file handler later can delete the case directory.
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(20000);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+
+            }
+        } catch (CaseActionException ex) {
+            Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
+            Assert.fail(ex);
+        } 
+    }
+        
+    public static void deleteCaseDir(Path caseDirectoryPath) {
+        if (!caseDirectoryPath.toFile().exists()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(caseDirectoryPath.toFile());
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            //We just want to make sure the case directory doesn't exist when the test starts. It shouldn't cause failure if the case directory couldn't be deleted after a test finished.            
+            System.out.println("INFO: Unable to delete case directory: " + caseDirectoryPath.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/testutils/IngestUtils.java b/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/testutils/IngestUtils.java
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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Basis Technology Corp.
+ * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.testutils;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.openide.util.Exceptions;
+import org.python.icu.impl.Assert;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.datasourceprocessors.AutoIngestDataSourceProcessor;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestJobSettings;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleError;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryAdapter;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleIngestJobSettings;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleTemplate;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.Content;
+
+public final class IngestUtils {
+    
+    private IngestUtils() {
+    }
+    
+    public static void addDataSource(AutoIngestDataSourceProcessor dataSourceProcessor, Path dataSourcePath) {
+        try {
+            DataSourceProcessorRunner.ProcessorCallback callBack = DataSourceProcessorRunner.runDataSourceProcessor(dataSourceProcessor, dataSourcePath);
+            List<String> errorMessages = callBack.getErrorMessages();
+            assertEquals(0, errorMessages.size());
+        } catch (AutoIngestDataSourceProcessor.AutoIngestDataSourceProcessorException | InterruptedException ex) {
+            Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
+            Assert.fail(ex);
+            
+        }        
+    }
+
+    public static void runIngestJob(List<Content> datasources, IngestJobSettings ingestJobSettings) {
+        try {
+            List<IngestModuleError> errs = IngestJobRunner.runIngestJob(datasources, ingestJobSettings);
+            for (IngestModuleError err : errs) {
+                System.out.println(String.format("Error: %s: %s.", err.getModuleDisplayName(), err.toString()));
+            }
+            assertEquals(0, errs.size());
+        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+            Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
+            Assert.fail(ex);
+        }        
+    }
+
+    public static IngestModuleTemplate getIngestModuleTemplate(IngestModuleFactoryAdapter factory) {
+        IngestModuleIngestJobSettings settings = factory.getDefaultIngestJobSettings();
+        IngestModuleTemplate template = new IngestModuleTemplate(factory, settings);
+        template.setEnabled(true);
+        return template;
+    }
+    
+}