How to render a Matplotlib plot in a Django web application?

Question

I\'m reading the book Matplotlib for Python Developers but am struggling to follow the example in the section \"Matplotlib in a Django application\" in chapter 8.

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Answer 1

According to cannot import name patterns this is indeed a legacy interface of Django. I 'updated' it by making mpldjango/urls.py as follows:

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin
import mpl.views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    url(r'mplimage.png', mpl.views.mplimage),
]

Now if I browse to http://localhost:8000/mplimage.png I see the plot as desired: