if hostAddr == "" {
		return "", "", errors.New("unable to process empty address")
	}

	// Simplify the work of url.Parse() and always send a url with
	if !strings.HasPrefix(hostAddr, "http://") && !strings.HasPrefix(hostAddr, "https://") {
		hostAddr = "//" + hostAddr
	}

	// Parse address to extract host and scheme field
	u, err := url.Parse(hostAddr)
	if err != nil {
		return "", "", err
	}