scistag.plotstag.matplot_helper.MPHelper

class MPHelper

Bases: object

Provides some basic helper functions for integrating matplotlib into scistag such as converting figures to Images.

Methods

figure_to_image	Converts a figure to an Image object
figure_to_png	Converts a figure to a png byte stream

Attributes

__dict__
__doc__
__module__
__weakref__	list of weak references to the object (if defined)

classmethod figure_to_image(figure, transparent=True)

Converts a figure to an Image object

Parameters

• figure – The figure to be converted

• transparent – Defines if the figure shall be transparent

Return type

Image

Returns

The byte stream

static figure_to_png(figure, transparent=True)

Converts a figure to a png byte stream

Parameters

• figure – The figure to be converted

• transparent – Defines if the figure shall be transparent

Return type

bytes

Returns

The byte stream