Force non interactive if no display

Author: Gerry Manoim

alphalens/plotting.py

@@ -13,20 +13,25 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import os
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 from scipy import stats
 import statsmodels.api as sm
 
+import matplotlib
+if os.environ.get('DISPLAY', '') == '':
+    print('no display found. Using non-interactive Agg backend')
+    matplotlib.use('Agg')
 import seaborn as sns
-import matplotlib.cm as cm
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-from matplotlib.ticker import ScalarFormatter
+import matplotlib.cm as cm  # noqa: E402
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  # noqa: E402
+from matplotlib.ticker import ScalarFormatter  # noqa: E402
 
-from functools import wraps
+from functools import wraps  # noqa: E402
 
-from . import utils
-from . import performance as perf
+from . import utils  # noqa: E402
+from . import performance as perf  # noqa: E402
 
 DECIMAL_TO_BPS = 10000
 

alphalens/tears.py

@@ -12,16 +12,19 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-
-import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import pandas as pd
-import warnings
-
-from . import plotting
-from . import performance as perf
-from . import utils
+import os
+import matplotlib
+if os.environ.get('DISPLAY', '') == '':
+    print('no display found. Using non-interactive Agg backend')
+    matplotlib.use('Agg')
+import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec  # noqa: E402
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  # noqa: E402
+import pandas as pd  # noqa: E402
+import warnings  # noqa: E402
+
+from . import plotting  # noqa: E402
+from . import performance as perf  # noqa: E402
+from . import utils  # noqa: E402
 
 
 class GridFigure(object):