How can I release memory after creating matplotlib figures

I have several matlpotlib functions rolled into some django-celery tasks.

Every time the tasks are called more RAM is dedicated to python. Before too long, python is taking up all of the RAM.

QUESTION: How can I release this memory?

UPDATE 2 - A Second Solution:

I asked a similar question specifically about the memory locked up when matplotlib errors, but I got a good answer to this question .clf(), .close(), and gc.collect() aren't needed if you use multiprocess to run the plotting function in a separate process whose memory will automatically be freed once the process ends.

Matplotlib errors result in a memory leak. How can I free up that memory?

UPDATE - The Solution:

These stackoverflow posts suggested that I can release the memory used by matplotlib objects with the following commands:

.clf(): Matplotlib runs out of memory when plotting in a loop

.close(): Python matplotlib: memory not being released when specifying figure size

import gc
gc.collect()

Here is the example I used to test the solution:

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from pylab import import figure, savefig
import numpy as np
import gc


a = np.arange(1000000)
b = np.random.randn(1000000)


fig = plt.figure(num=1, dpi=100, facecolor='w', edgecolor='w')
fig.set_size_inches(10,7)
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot(a, b)


fig.clf()
plt.close()
del a, b
gc.collect()
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最佳答案

Did you try to run you task function several times (in a for) to be sure that not your function is leaking no matter of celery? Make sure that django.settings.DEBUG is set False( The connection object holds all queries in memmory when DEBUG=True).

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from datetime import datetime
import gc


class MyClass:
def plotmanytimesandsave(self):
plt.plot([1, 2, 3])
ro2 = datetime.now()
f =ro2.second
name =str(f)+".jpg"
plt.savefig(name)
plt.draw()
plt.clf()
plt.close("all")




for y in range(1, 10):
k = MyClass()
k.plotmanytimesandsave()
del k
k = "now our class object is a string"
print(k)
del k
gc.collect

with this program you will save directly as many times you want without the plt.show() command. And the memory consumption will be low.


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