Servicing asset requests via proxy

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a proxy device including a processor and associated memory, an access request from a user of a requestor device, the access request associated with a requested asset hosted by an asset host, and including pipeline language parameters;
• determining, at the proxy device, routing information associated with the asset host;
• routing the access request to the asset host in response to verifying, at the proxy device, that the user is authorized to access the requested asset;
• obtaining, at the proxy device, the requested asset from the asset host;
• extracting the pipeline language parameters from a uniform resource locator (URL) included in the access request, wherein the pipeline language parameters include transform commands;
• storing the pipeline language parameters extracted from the URL in a storage device;
• generate, at the proxy device, a transformed asset by transforming the requested asset based on the pipeline language parameters;
• and
• transmitting the transformed asset from the proxy device to the requestor device.

A proxy device comprising:

• a processor and associated memory;
• a network interface coupled to the processor, the network interface further coupled to a requestor device via a first communications link and to an asset host via a second communications link;
• a storage device configured to store pipeline language parameters extracted from a uniform resource locator (URL) included in an access request;
• the processor and associated memory configured to:
• receive an access request from a user of a requestor device via the network interface, the access request associated with a requested asset hosted by the asset host, and including pipeline language parameters;
• determine routing information associated with the asset host;
• route the access request to the asset host in response to verifying that the user is authorized to access the requested asset;
• obtain the requested asset from the asset host;
• extract the pipeline language parameters from a uniform resource locator (URL) included in the access request using an extraction module, wherein the pipeline language parameters include transform commands;
• generate a transformed asset by transforming the requested asset based on the pipeline language parameters;
• and
• transmit the transformed asset to the requestor device.