Plot multiple figures into a single PDF with matplotlib, using the object-oriented interface

pdfpages_oo.py

"""
Plot multiple figures into a single PDF with matplotlib, using the
object-oriented interface.
"""
from matplotlib.backends.backend_pdf import FigureCanvasPdf, PdfPages
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
import numpy as np

with PdfPages('multi.pdf') as pages:
    for i in range(10):
        figure = Figure()
        axes = figure.add_subplot(1, 1, 1)
        axes.plot(np.arange(10), np.random.randn(10))
        canvas = FigureCanvasPdf(figure)
        canvas.print_figure(pages)