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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import NamedTuple, Union
+from urllib.parse import ParseResult, urlparse
+
+from typing_extensions import Self
+
+
+class NetLoc(NamedTuple):
+    username: str
+    password: str
+    hostname: str
+    port: str
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_parse_result(cls, parse_result: ParseResult):
+        username, password = parse_result._userinfo  # type: ignore
+        hostname, port = parse_result._hostinfo  # type: ignore
+        return cls(username, password, hostname, port)
+
+    def construct_netloc(self) -> str:
+        base = self.hostname
+        if self.port:
+            base += ":" + self.port
+        if self.username:
+            if self.password:
+                base = self.username + ":" + self.password + "@" + base
+            else:
+                base = self.username + "@" + base
+        return base
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return ":".join(self)
+
+
+class UrlHandler:
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._urlparse.geturl()
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+    ):
+        self._urlparse = urlparse(url)
+        if self.scheme == "":
+            self._urlparse = urlparse("https://" + url)
+        self._netloc = NetLoc.from_parse_result(self._urlparse)
+
+    def update(
+        self,
+        scheme: str = "",
+        path: str = "",
+        params: str = "",
+        query: str = "",
+        fragment: str = "",
+        hostname: str = "",
+        port: str = "",
+        username: str = "",
+        password: str = "",
+    ) -> Self:
+        new = self.__class__(self._urlparse.geturl())
+
+        if scheme:
+            new.scheme = scheme
+        if path:
+            new.path = path
+        if params:
+            new.params = params
+        if query:
+            new.query = query
+        if fragment:
+            new.fragment = fragment
+        if scheme:
+            new.scheme = scheme
+        if hostname:
+            new.hostname = hostname
+        if port:
+            new.port = port
+        if username:
+            new.username = username
+        if password:
+            new.password = password
+
+        return new
+
+    @property
+    def scheme(self):
+        return self._urlparse.scheme
+
+    @property
+    def path(self):
+        return self._urlparse.path
+
+    @property
+    def params(self):
+        return self._urlparse.params
+
+    @property
+    def query(self):
+        return self._urlparse.query
+
+    @property
+    def fragment(self):
+        return self._urlparse.fragment
+
+    @property
+    def username(self):
+        return self._netloc.username
+
+    @property
+    def password(self):
+        return self._netloc.password
+
+    @property
+    def hostname(self):
+        return self._netloc.hostname
+
+    @property
+    def port(self):
+        return self._netloc.port
+
+    @scheme.setter
+    def scheme(self, value: str):
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(scheme=value)
+
+    @path.setter
+    def path(self, value: str):
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(path=value)
+
+    @params.setter
+    def params(self, value: str):
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(params=value)
+
+    @query.setter
+    def query(self, value: str):
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(query=value)
+
+    @fragment.setter
+    def fragment(self, value: str):
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(fragment=value)
+
+    @username.setter
+    def username(self, value: str):
+        self._netloc = self._netloc._replace(username=value)
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(netloc=self._netloc.construct_netloc())
+
+    @password.setter
+    def password(self, value: str):
+        self._netloc = self._netloc._replace(password=value)
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(netloc=self._netloc.construct_netloc())
+
+    @hostname.setter
+    def hostname(self, value: str):
+        self._netloc = self._netloc._replace(hostname=value)
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(netloc=self._netloc.construct_netloc())
+
+    @port.setter
+    def port(self, value: str | int):
+        if isinstance(value, int):
+            value = str(value)
+        self._netloc = self._netloc._replace(port=value)
+        self._urlparse = self._urlparse._replace(netloc=self._netloc.construct_netloc())
+
+    def __truediv__(self, other: str) -> Self:
+        new_url = self._urlparse._replace(path=self._urlparse.path + "/" + other)
+        return self.__class__(new_url.geturl())
+
+
+class Url(UrlHandler, str):
+    """
+    URL class that's pretending to be a string.
+
+    Can access and set all the attributes of a URL, e.g.:
+    url = Url("https://www.example.com")
+    url.port = 8080
+    url.path = "/path/to/resource"
+
+    And this will modify this object in place.
+
+    To return a new object - use the update method.
+
+    Preferred way of adding paths to URLs is to use the / operator, e.g.:
+    Url("https://www.example.com") / "path" / "to" / "resource"
+
+    Using the strings + operator will revert back
+    to being a normal string for compatibility.
+    """
+
+    def __new__(cls, url_string: str):
+        return str.__new__(cls, url_string)
+
+    def __init__(self, url_string: str):
+        UrlHandler.__init__(self, url_string)
+
+
+UrlLike = Union[str, Url]