Display a matplotlib.pyplot figure.
Function signature

st.pyplot(fig=None, clear_figure=None, **kwargs)

Parameters

fig (Matplotlib Figure)

The figure to plot. When this argument isn't specified, this function will render the global figure (but this is deprecated, as described below)

clear_figure (bool)

If True, the figure will be cleared after being rendered. If False, the figure will not be cleared after being rendered. If left unspecified, we pick a default based on the value of fig.

  • If fig is set, defaults to False.
  • If fig is not set, defaults to True. This simulates Jupyter's approach to matplotlib rendering.

**kwargs (any)

Arguments to pass to Matplotlib's savefig function.

Example

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

arr = np.random.normal(1, 1, size=100)
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.hist(arr, bins=20)

st.pyplot(fig)
(view standalone Streamlit app)

Notes

Note

Deprecation warning. After December 1st, 2020, we will remove the ability to specify no arguments in st.pyplot(), as that requires the use of Matplotlib's global figure object, which is not thread-safe. So please always pass a figure object as shown in the example section above.

Matplotlib support several different types of "backends". If you're getting an error using Matplotlib with Streamlit, try setting your backend to "TkAgg":

echo "backend: TkAgg" >> ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc

For more information, see https://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html.

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