public function sendTransform($resource, $transform_tasks, $security = null)
    {
        // add store method if one does not exists
        if (!array_key_exists('store', $transform_tasks)) {
            $transform_tasks['store'] = [];
        }

        $tasks_str = $this->createTransformStr($transform_tasks);
        $transform_url = $this->createTransformUrl(
            $this->api_key,
            'image',
            $resource,
            $tasks_str,
            $security
        );

        // call CommonMixin function
        $response = $this->sendRequest('GET', $transform_url);
        $filelink = $this->handleResponseCreateFilelink($response);

        return $filelink;
    }