Method and apparatus for providing web service using edge computing service

An edge data network for providing a web service to a terminal, the edge data network comprising:

• a communicator including communication circuitry;
• a memory storing a plurality of instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the plurality of instructions to:
• receive, from the terminal, a request for access to a web page,
• identify uniform resource locators (URLs) of a plurality of pieces of content for displaying the web page, the URLs being included in a hypertext markup language (HTML) of the web page,
• identify, from among the plurality of pieces of content for displaying the web page, first content cached by the edge data network and second content which is not cached by the edge data network,
• modulate the HTML by changing a URL of the first content among the URLs of the plurality of pieces of content to a URL representing a location at which the first content is cached,
• generate information in which a URL of the second content, included in the HTML, is mapped to an internet protocol (IP) address of a web server providing the web page, and
• transmit the modulated HTML including the changed URL of the first content to the terminal,
• wherein the generated information is used to route a request for the second content from the terminal using the URL of the second content to the web server.