code: def get_data(self, data_format):
          
          if data_format not in self.output_formats:
              raise Exception("Output format {0} not available with this class. Available formats are {1}.".format(data_format, self.output_formats))
          data_converter = getattr(self, "to_" + data_format)
          return data_converter()
docs: Reads the common format and converts to output data
          data_format - the format of the output data.  See utils.input.dataformats