diff --git a/proxy/url.go b/proxy/url.go
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+++ b/proxy/url.go
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+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// URL is the universal representation of the proxy configuration.
+type URL url.URL
+
+func (u *URL) Protocol() string {
+	return u.Scheme
+}
+
+func (u *URL) Address() string {
+	return u.Host
+}
+
+func (u *URL) String() string {
+	return (&url.URL{
+		Scheme: u.Scheme,
+		Host:   u.Host,
+		Path:   strings.TrimRight(u.Path, "/"),
+	}).String()
+}
+
+func ParseURL(rawURL string) (*URL, error) {
+	proxyURL, err := url.Parse(rawURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if proxyURL.Scheme == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("proxy: protocol not specified")
+	}
+	return (*URL)(proxyURL), nil
+}
+
+func MustParseURL(rawURL string) *URL {
+	u, err := ParseURL(rawURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return u
+}
diff --git a/proxy/url_test.go b/proxy/url_test.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/url_test.go
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+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+)
+
+type URLTestSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+}
+
+func (s *URLTestSuite) TestAddress() {
+	tests := []struct {
+		u        *URL
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			MustParseURL("http://example.com/"),
+			"http://example.com",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		s.Assert().Equal(tt.expected, tt.u.String())
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestURLTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(URLTestSuite))
+}