A method implemented by a client device for media content streaming. The method includes obtaining a media presentation description (MPD) for the media content, wherein the MPD comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) template for construction of URLs, inserting one or more query parameters in a query string portion of a URL, wherein the query string portion follows a path portion of the URL, wherein the one or more parameters are specified to be inserted in the query string portion of the URL based on the URL template, wherein the one or more parameter values are dynamic, and wherein the one or more parameter values are gathered and provided by the client device, sending a media request comprising the URL to a streaming server, and receiving one or more segments of a media content from the streaming server in response to the media request.