import io
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import tensorflow as tf


def gen_plot():
    """Create a pyplot plot and save to buffer."""
    plt.figure()
    plt.plot([1, 2])
    plt.title("test")
    buf = io.BytesIO()
    plt.savefig(buf, format='png')
    buf.seek(0)
    return buf


# Prepare the plot
plot_buf = gen_plot()

# Convert PNG buffer to TF image
image = tf.image.decode_png(plot_buf.getvalue(), channels=4)

# Add the batch dimension
image = tf.expand_dims(image, 0)

# Add image summary
summary_op = tf.image_summary("plot", image)

# Session
with tf.Session() as sess:
    # Run
    summary = sess.run(summary_op)
    # Write summary
    writer = tf.train.SummaryWriter('./logs')
    writer.add_summary(summary)
    writer.close()