# File lib/faraday/connection.rb, line 173
    def url_prefix=(url)
      uri              = URI.parse(url)
      self.scheme      = uri.scheme
      self.host        = uri.host
      self.port        = uri.port
      self.path_prefix = uri.path

      @params.merge_query(uri.query)
      if uri.user && uri.password
        basic_auth(CGI.unescape(uri.user), CGI.unescape(uri.password))
      end

      uri
    end