SaveFig(graph_filename) VS canvas.print_png(graph_filename)

I have a small app which generates a graph and saves it to a file. The file is then displayed using a reference. My question is, is it better to use matplotlib.pyplot SaveFig function or  matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import FigureCanvasAgg as FigureCanvas function? Here is an extract of my code:

Views:

from django.shortcuts import render

from . import graphs

from django.conf import settings as djangoSettings

import os.path

def graph(request):

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

datetoday,datef = interDateFunction()

graph_filename = (djangoSettings.STATICFILES_DIRS[0] + 'graph_' + datetoday + '.png')

filename = ('graph_' + datetoday + '.png')

if not os.path.exists(graph_filename):

graphs.genGraph(graph_filename)

args = {'Value':'Generated','DateF':datef,'Filename':filename}

return render(request, 'graphs/home.html', args)

else:

args = {'Value':'FromCache','DateF':datef,'Filename':filename}

return render(request, 'graphs/home.html', args)

The view references code in the graphs.py:

def genGraph(graph_filename):

dtStart = (dt.datetime.strptime("2015-01-01", '%Y-%m-%d'))

datast = data.get_data_google('TSCO.L', dtStart)['Close']

fig,ax = plt.subplots()

ax.plot(datast)

fig.savefig(graph_filename)

plt.close(fig)

return True

I have seen examples where they use matplotlib.backends.backend_agg function FigureCanvasAgg. Which is better to use with django?

Thanks,

Khi.

  

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