diff --git a/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/gae/gcs/BUILD.bazel b/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/gae/gcs/BUILD.bazel
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+"""
+Library for providing the endpoint functionality to inspect and download assets from Google Cloud
+Storage.
+"""
+
+load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:jvm.bzl", "kt_jvm_library")
+
+kt_jvm_library(
+    name = "api",
+    testonly = True,
+    srcs = [
+        "GcsEndpointApi.kt",
+        "GcsService.kt",
+    ],
+    visibility = [
+        "//scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/gae:__subpackages__",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//third_party:com_squareup_retrofit2_converter-moshi",
+        "//third_party:com_squareup_retrofit2_retrofit",
+        "//third_party:org_jetbrains_kotlinx_kotlinx-coroutines-core",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/gae/gcs/GcsEndpointApi.kt b/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/gae/gcs/GcsEndpointApi.kt
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+package org.oppia.android.scripts.gae.gcs
+
+import okhttp3.ResponseBody
+import retrofit2.Call
+import retrofit2.http.GET
+import retrofit2.http.Headers
+import retrofit2.http.Path
+import retrofit2.http.Streaming
+
+interface GcsEndpointApi {
+  @GET("{gcs_bucket}/{entity_type}/{entity_id}/assets/{image_type}/{image_filename}")
+  @Headers("Content-Type:application/octet-stream")
+  @Streaming
+  fun fetchImageData(
+    @Path("gcs_bucket") gcsBucket: String,
+    @Path("entity_type") entityType: String,
+    @Path("entity_id") entityId: String,
+    @Path("image_type") imageType: String,
+    @Path("image_filename") imageFilename: String
+  ): Call<ResponseBody>
+}
diff --git a/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/gae/gcs/GcsService.kt b/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/gae/gcs/GcsService.kt
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+package org.oppia.android.scripts.gae.gcs
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Deferred
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.async
+import okhttp3.Request
+import retrofit2.Call
+import retrofit2.Response
+import retrofit2.Retrofit
+
+class GcsService(private val baseUrl: String, private val gcsBucket: String) {
+  private val retrofit by lazy { Retrofit.Builder().baseUrl(baseUrl).build() }
+  private val apiService by lazy { retrofit.create(GcsEndpointApi::class.java) }
+
+  fun fetchImageContentLengthAsync(
+    imageContainerType: ImageContainerType,
+    imageType: ImageType,
+    entityId: String,
+    imageFilename: String
+  ): Deferred<Long?> {
+    return apiService.fetchImageData(
+      gcsBucket,
+      imageContainerType.httpRepresentation,
+      entityId,
+      imageType.httpRepresentation,
+      imageFilename
+    ).resolveAsync(
+      transform = { request, response ->
+        checkNotNull(response.body()) {
+          "Failed to receive body for request: $request."
+        }.use { it.contentLength() }
+      },
+      default = { _, _, -> null }
+//      default = { request, response ->
+//        error("Failed to call: $request. Encountered failure:\n$response")
+//      }
+    )
+  }
+
+  fun fetchImageContentDataAsync(
+    imageContainerType: ImageContainerType,
+    imageType: ImageType,
+    entityId: String,
+    imageFilename: String
+  ): Deferred<ByteArray?> {
+    return apiService.fetchImageData(
+      gcsBucket,
+      imageContainerType.httpRepresentation,
+      entityId,
+      imageType.httpRepresentation,
+      imageFilename
+    ).resolveAsync(
+      transform = { request, response ->
+        checkNotNull(response.body()) { "Failed to receive body for request: $request." }.use {
+          it.byteStream().readBytes()
+        }
+      },
+      default = { _, _ -> null }
+//      default = { request, response ->
+//        error("Failed to call: $request. Encountered failure:\n$response")
+//      }
+    )
+  }
+
+  fun computeImageUrl(
+    imageContainerType: ImageContainerType,
+    imageType: ImageType,
+    entityId: String,
+    imageFilename: String
+  ): String {
+    val containerTypeHttpRep = imageContainerType.httpRepresentation
+    val imgTypeHttpRep = imageType.httpRepresentation
+    return "${baseUrl.removeSuffix("/")}/$gcsBucket/$containerTypeHttpRep/$entityId/assets" +
+      "/$imgTypeHttpRep/$imageFilename"
+  }
+
+  enum class ImageContainerType(val httpRepresentation: String) {
+    EXPLORATION(httpRepresentation = "exploration"),
+    SKILL(httpRepresentation = "skill"),
+    TOPIC(httpRepresentation = "topic"),
+    STORY(httpRepresentation = "story")
+  }
+
+  enum class ImageType(val httpRepresentation: String) {
+    HTML_IMAGE(httpRepresentation = "image"),
+    THUMBNAIL(httpRepresentation = "thumbnail")
+  }
+
+  private companion object {
+    private fun <I, O> Call<I>.resolveAsync(
+      transform: (Request, Response<I>) -> O,
+      default: (Request, Response<I>) -> O
+    ): Deferred<O> {
+      // Use the I/O dispatcher for blocking HTTP operations (since it's designed to handle blocking
+      // operations that might otherwise stall a coroutine dispatcher).
+      return CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).async {
+        val result = execute()
+        return@async if (result.isSuccessful) {
+          transform(request(), result)
+        } else default(request(), result)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}