plot_example.py

# coding: utf-8
# pylint: disable = invalid-name, C0111
import lightgbm as lgb
import pandas as pd

try:
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
except ImportError:
    raise ImportError('You need to install matplotlib for plot_example.py.')

# load or create your dataset
print('Load data...')
df_train = pd.read_csv('../regression/regression.train', header=None, sep='\t')

y_train = df_train[0]
X_train = df_train.drop(0, axis=1)

# create dataset for lightgbm
lgb_train = lgb.Dataset(X_train, y_train)

# specify your configurations as a dict
params = {
    'verbose': 0
}

print('Start training...')
# train
gbm = lgb.train(params,
                lgb_train,
                num_boost_round=10)

print('Plot feature importances...')
# plot feature importances
ax = lgb.plot_importance(gbm, max_num_features=10)
plt.show()