input: from typing import Tuple
  
  def parse_url_components(url: str) -> Tuple[str, str, str]:
      """ Parse the given URL and return the protocol, domain name, and path as a tuple of strings.
      >>> parse_url_components('https://www.example.com/path/to/file')
      ('https', 'www.example.com', '/path/to/file')
      >>> parse_url_components('ftp://ftp.example.org/directory')
      ('ftp', 'ftp.example.org', '/directory')
      """
      import urllib.parse
      parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
      protocol = parsed_url.scheme
      domain_name = parsed_url.netloc
      path = parsed_url.path
      return protocol, domain_name, path
output:     import urllib.parse
      parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
      protocol = parsed_url.scheme
      domain_name = parsed_url.netloc
      path = parsed_url.path
      return protocol, domain_name, path