Nodejs How-to Require Module Which Injects A Function

I am using webpack to bundle a visualisation built with d3 and a d3.slider module, yet this is a more general problem - how do I require() a module which patches a module (d3 here)

Solution 1:

I found an ugly'ish solution, but since nothing else came up, I'm posting it here. I add this to package.json dependencies:

"script-loader": "git+ssh://git@github.com:webpack/script-loader.git"

Then somewhere, for example in the entry point (assuming that d3.slider is in node_modules):

require("script!d3.slider");

Script-loader executes the script in the global environment once. Should work for all similar problems, legacy scripts etc. Done.