code: def normalize_azure_path(path):
      # type: (str) -> str
      
      if is_none_or_empty(path):
          raise ValueError('provided path is invalid')
      _path = path.strip('/').strip('\\')
      return '/'.join(re.split('/|\\\\', _path))
docs: Normalize remote path (strip slashes and use forward slashes)
      :param str path: path to normalize
      :rtype: str
      :return: normalized path