def get_plot_data(self):
        """ Generates the JSON report to plot the gene boxes

        Following the convention of the reports platform, this method returns
        a list of JSON/dict objects with the information about each entry in
        the abricate file. The information contained in this JSON is::

            {contig_id: <str>,
             seqRange: [<int>, <int>],
             gene: <str>,
             accession: <str>,
             coverage: <float>,
             identity: <float>
             }

        Note that the `seqRange` entry contains the position in the
        corresponding contig, not the absolute position in the whole assembly.

        Returns
        -------
        json_dic : list
            List of JSON/dict objects with the report data.
        """

        json_dic = {"plotData": []}
        sample_dic = {}
        sample_assembly_map = {}

        for entry in self.storage.values():

            sample_id = re.match("(.*)_abr", entry["log_file"]).groups()[0]
            if sample_id not in sample_dic:
                sample_dic[sample_id] = {}

            # Get contig ID using the same regex as in `assembly_report.py`
            # template
            contig_id = self._get_contig_id(entry["reference"])
            # Get database
            database = entry["database"]
            if database not in sample_dic[sample_id]:
                sample_dic[sample_id][database] = []

            # Update the sample-assembly correspondence dict
            if sample_id not in sample_assembly_map:
                sample_assembly_map[sample_id] = entry["infile"]

            sample_dic[sample_id][database].append(
                {"contig": contig_id,
                 "seqRange": entry["seq_range"],
                 "gene": entry["gene"].replace("'", ""),
                 "accession": entry["accession"],
                 "coverage": entry["coverage"],
                 "identity": entry["identity"],
                 },
            )

        for sample, data in sample_dic.items():
            json_dic["plotData"].append(
                {
                    "sample": sample,
                    "data": {"abricateXrange": data},
                    "assemblyFile": sample_assembly_map[sample]
                }
            )

        return json_dic
Generates the JSON report to plot the gene boxes

        Following the convention of the reports platform, this method returns
        a list of JSON/dict objects with the information about each entry in
        the abricate file. The information contained in this JSON is::

            {contig_id: <str>,
             seqRange: [<int>, <int>],
             gene: <str>,
             accession: <str>,
             coverage: <float>,
             identity: <float>
             }

        Note that the `seqRange` entry contains the position in the
        corresponding contig, not the absolute position in the whole assembly.

        Returns
        -------
        json_dic : list
            List of JSON/dict objects with the report data.