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Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, performing steps including monitoring a plurality of data packets in a data pipeline of a network, such as a User Plane Function of a 5G Core, where the monitoring can include analyzing header information associated with the plurality of data packets, identifying a first data object in the plurality of data packets according to the monitoring of the plurality of data packets, where the identifying the first data object in the plurality of data packets can further comprise identifying metadata associated with the first data object, switching a first set of data packets of the plurality of data packets associated with the first data object to an intelligent router for extracting the first data object from the first set of data packets to generate an extracted first data object responsive to the identifying the first data object in the plurality of data packets, and transmitting the extracted first data object to a client device via the data pipeline of the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.