How to use the blackduck.HubRestApi.HubInstance.valid_categories function in blackduck

def create_version_notices_report(self, version, format="TEXT"):
        assert format in HubInstance.valid_notices_formats, "Format must be one of {}".format(HubInstance.valid_notices_formats)

        post_data = {
            'categories': HubInstance.valid_categories,
            'versionId': version['_meta']['href'].split("/")[-1],
            'reportType': 'VERSION_LICENSE',
            'reportFormat': format
        }
        notices_report_url = self.get_link(version, 'licenseReports')
        return self.execute_post(notices_report_url, post_data)

def create_version_reports(self, version, report_list, format="CSV"):
        assert all(list(map(lambda k: k in HubInstance.valid_categories, report_list))), "One or more selected report categories in {} are not valid ({})".format(
            report_list, HubInstance.valid_categories)
        assert format in HubInstance.valid_report_formats, "Format must be one of {}".format(HubInstance.valid_report_formats)

        post_data = {
            'categories': report_list,
            'versionId': version['_meta']['href'].split("/")[-1],
            'reportType': 'VERSION',
            'reportFormat': format
        }
        version_reports_url = self.get_link(version, 'versionReport')
        return self.execute_post(version_reports_url, post_data)

def create_version_reports(self, version, report_list, format="CSV"):
        assert all(list(map(lambda k: k in HubInstance.valid_categories, report_list))), "One or more selected report categories in {} are not valid ({})".format(
            report_list, HubInstance.valid_categories)
        assert format in HubInstance.valid_report_formats, "Format must be one of {}".format(HubInstance.valid_report_formats)

        post_data = {
            'categories': report_list,
            'versionId': version['_meta']['href'].split("/")[-1],
            'reportType': 'VERSION',
            'reportFormat': format
        }
        version_reports_url = self.get_link(version, 'versionReport')
        return self.execute_post(version_reports_url, post_data)

        assert all(list(map(lambda k: k in HubInstance.valid_categories, report_list))), "One or more selected report categories in {} are not valid ({})".format(
            report_list, HubInstance.valid_categories)