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External SVG
license: gpl-3.0
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<body>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.js"></script>
<script>
d3.xml("rect01.svg").mimeType("image/svg+xml").get(function(error, xml) {
if (error) throw error;
document.body.appendChild(xml.documentElement);
});
</script>
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@fcsds
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fcsds commented Feb 4, 2016

Question: How do I add other svg objects on top of the rectangle?

@roadluac2016
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How i can put SVG external file with d3.select("#mysvg").append()... ?

@wjentner
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Hi,

I know the question is kinda far in the past but perhaps it'll help someone:

The way I did it was (note that this is d3v5):

        d3.svg('external.svg').then((svg) => {
            //the external svg looks like this: [...]<svg><g>[...]</g></svg> so I select the g element and inject it into my svg
            const gElement = d3.select(svg).select('g'); 
            d3.select('#mysvg').node().appendChild(gElement.node());
        });

With d3.select().append() it did not work in my case.
I don't know if my approach is best practice but it certainly works.

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