def get_content_curation_token(args_token):
    """
    Get the token through one of four possible ways. Input `args_token` can be
    1. path to a token-containing file (path)
    2. actual token (str) in which case there's nothing to get just pass along
    3. `#` (default value when no --token is given on command line)
    3a. if environment variable CONTENT_CURATION_TOKEN exists, we'll use that
    3b. else we prompt the user interactively
    """
    if args_token != "#":                               # retrieval methods 1, 2
        if os.path.isfile(args_token):
            with open(args_token, 'r') as fobj:
                return fobj.read().strip()
        else:
            return args_token
    else:                                               # retrieval strategies 3
        token = get_env('STUDIO_TOKEN') or get_env('CONTENT_CURATION_TOKEN')
        if token is not None:
            return token                                # 3a
        else:
            return prompt_token(config.DOMAIN)