docs: def _get_connection_from_url(self, url, timeout, **kwargs):
          """Returns a connection object given a string url"""
  
          url = self._decode_url(url, "")
  
          if url.scheme == 'http' or url.scheme == 'https':
              return HttpConnection(url.geturl(), timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
          else:
              if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
                  raise ValueError("Thrift transport is not available "
                                   "for Python 3")
  
              try:
                  from thrift_connection import ThriftConnection
              except ImportError:
                  raise ImportError("The 'thrift' python package "
                                      "does not seem to be installed.")
              return ThriftConnection(url.hostname, url.port,
                                      timeout=timeout, **kwargs)