code: def path_to_url(path):
      # type: (str) -> Text
      
      from .misc import to_text, to_bytes
  
      if not path:
          return path
      path = to_bytes(path, encoding="utf-8")
      normalized_path = to_text(normalize_drive(os.path.abspath(path)), encoding="utf-8")
      return to_text(Path(normalized_path).as_uri(), encoding="utf-8")
docs: Convert the supplied local path to a file uri.
  
      :param str path: A string pointing to or representing a local path
      :return: A `file://` uri for the same location
      :rtype: str
  
      >>> path_to_url("/home/user/code/myrepo/myfile.zip")
      'file:///home/user/code/myrepo/myfile.zip'