code: def get_pointer_content(path, verbose=True):
      if s3_utils.is_s3_url(path):
          import boto3
  
          bucket, key = s3_utils.s3_path_to_bucket_prefix(path)
          s3 = boto3.resource("s3")
          obj = s3.Object(bucket, key)
          content_path = obj.get()["Body"].read().decode("utf-8")
      else:
          os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok=True)
          f = open(path, "r")
          content_path = f.read()
          f.close()
      if verbose:
          logger.log(
              15,
              "Loaded pointer file "
              + str(path)
              + " pointing to "
              + str(content_path),
          )
  
      return content_path
  
imports: import logging
  import os
  from ..utils import s3_utils
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: get_pointer_content(path, verbose) and returns: content_path