def METHOD_NAME(self) -> str:
    """
    SmartOpen does not support URIs prefixed with wasb, so we need to change them to azure.
    :return: URI compatible with SmartOpen for Azure BlobStorage.
    """
    parsed_url = urlparse(self.path)
    if parsed_url.scheme == "wasbs":
        return self.path.replace("wasbs", "azure")
    elif parsed_url.scheme == "wasb":
        return self.path.replace("wasb", "azure")
    else:
        return self.path