import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

years = [2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026]
requests = [250, 1800, 12600, 94000, 710000]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(layout="constrained")
ax.plot(years, requests, marker="o")

ax.set_yscale("log")

ax.set_xticks(years)
ax.set_xlabel("Year")
ax.set_ylabel("Requests")
ax.set_title("Requests by year")
ax.grid(True, which="both", axis="y", color="0.9")

x_scale = ax.get_xscale()
y_scale = ax.get_yscale()

assert x_scale == "linear"
assert y_scale == "log"

fig.savefig("requests-log-axis.png", dpi=150)

print(f"x scale: {x_scale}")
print(f"y scale: {y_scale}")
print("saved: requests-log-axis.png")