How to use the pypandoc.py3compat.unicode_type function in pypandoc

def test_unicode_input(self):
        # make sure that pandoc always returns unicode and does not mishandle it
        expected = u'üäöîôû{0}======{0}{0}'.format(os.linesep)
        written = pypandoc.convert_text(u'<h1>üäöîôû</h1>', 'md', format='html')
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(written, unicode_type))
        self.assertEqualExceptForNewlineEnd(expected, written)
        bytes = u'<h1>üäöîôû</h1>'.encode("utf-8")
        written = pypandoc.convert_text(bytes, 'md', format='html')
        self.assertEqualExceptForNewlineEnd(expected, written)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(written, unicode_type))

        # Only use german umlauts in th next test, as iso-8859-15 covers that
        expected = u'üäö€{0}===={0}{0}'.format(os.linesep)
        bytes = u'<h1>üäö€</h1>'.encode("iso-8859-15")

        # Without encoding, this fails as we expect utf-8 per default

        def f():
            pypandoc.convert_text(bytes, 'md', format='html')

        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, f)

        def f():
            # we have to use something which interprets '\xa4', so latin and -1 does not work :-/
            pypandoc.convert_text(bytes, 'md', format='html', encoding="utf-16")

def test_unicode_input(self):
        # make sure that pandoc always returns unicode and does not mishandle it
        expected = u'üäöîôû{0}======{0}{0}'.format(os.linesep)
        written = pypandoc.convert_text(u'<h1>üäöîôû</h1>', 'md', format='html')
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(written, unicode_type))
        self.assertEqualExceptForNewlineEnd(expected, written)
        bytes = u'<h1>üäöîôû</h1>'.encode("utf-8")
        written = pypandoc.convert_text(bytes, 'md', format='html')
        self.assertEqualExceptForNewlineEnd(expected, written)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(written, unicode_type))

        # Only use german umlauts in th next test, as iso-8859-15 covers that
        expected = u'üäö€{0}===={0}{0}'.format(os.linesep)
        bytes = u'<h1>üäö€</h1>'.encode("iso-8859-15")

        # Without encoding, this fails as we expect utf-8 per default

        def f():
            pypandoc.convert_text(bytes, 'md', format='html')

        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, f)