Add path helper functions to resolve url.URL issue with Windows paths

[checkinnuggets]

Original issue: #218
Further discussion with @peteski22 on PR: #221

(I note that CONTRIBUTING.md suggests following a PR template, but I'm not sure where to find that).

This PR was split out of #264. It addresses an issue where url.URL produces unexpected output on Windows

(@checkinnuggets to elaborate before publish)

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