如何在Django中输出matplotlib生成的图片

下面的代码片段是直接在Django中输出matplotlib生成的图片，网上很多种方法都是先生成图片再调用，感觉不是那么直接。
环境：Python2.7，Django1.83
该文件为views.py文件，函数映射按实际设置。

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse

from matplotlib.figure import Figure                      
from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import FigureCanvasAgg
from matplotlib.dates import DateFormatter
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import random
import datetime

# Create your views here.
def gen_mat(request):
    fig=Figure(figsize=(6,6))
    ax=fig.add_subplot(111)
    x=[]
    y=[]
    now=datetime.datetime.now()
    delta=datetime.timedelta(days=1)
    for i in range(10):
        x.append(now)
        now+=delta
        y.append(random.randint(0, 1000))
    ax.plot_date(x, y, '-')
    ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d'))
    fig.autofmt_xdate()
    canvas=FigureCanvasAgg(fig)
    response=HttpResponse(content_type='image/png')
    canvas.print_png(response)
    plt.close(fig)
    return response