1. A method for receiving authorization of a request for content, the method comprising: transmitting the request for the content, the request including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and signing information, wherein the signing information includes a partial URL, a partialness parameter, and an access control query string; prompting, based on the request, verification of a partialness of the partial URL against the URL based on a first value of the partialness parameter; prompting, based on the request, verification of the request based on the signing information; and obtaining access to the content when the partialness of the partial URL is verified and the request is verified.