Saving plots (AxesSubPlot) generated from python pandas with matplotlib's savefig

Question

I\'m using pandas to generate a plot from a dataframe, which I would like to save to a file:

dtf = pd.DataFrame.from_records(d,columns=h)
fig = plt.figure()
         


        

Answer 1

You can use ax.figure.savefig(), as suggested in a comment on the question:

import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame([0, 1])
ax = df.plot.line()
ax.figure.savefig('demo-file.pdf')

This has no practical benefit over ax.get_figure().savefig() as suggested in other answers, so you can pick the option you find the most aesthetically pleasing. In fact, get_figure() simply returns self.figure:

# Source from snippet linked above
def get_figure(self):
    """Return the `.Figure` instance the artist belongs to."""
    return self.figure