Matplotlib for Python Developers - Second Edition

Creating a simple Django view

I will demonstrate the workflow of creating a Django view via a simple line chart. 

Inside the newly created bitcoin app folder, you should be able to find views.py, which stores all the views within the app. Let's edit it and create a view that outputs a Matplotlib line chart:

from django.shortcuts import renderfrom django.http import HttpResponse# Create your views here.from io import BytesIOimport matplotlibmatplotlib.use('Agg')import matplotlib.pyplot as plt    def test_view(request):    # Create a new Matplotlib figure    fig, ax = plt.subplots()    # Prepare a simple line chart    ax.plot([1, 2, 3, 4], [3, 6, 9, 12])    ax.set_title('Matplotlib Chart in Django')         plt.tight_layout()     # Create a bytes buffer for saving image ...