require "d3-select-multi" as node module not working - node.js

I installed d3 via npm and require it in my script directly (for some reason)
So:
npm install d3
and then
var d3 = require("d3");
works fine.
The problem is now, that I need the "d3-selection-multi"-module.
I installed it also via npm
npm install d3-selection-multi
In the d3-Doku I read you could require different modules like so:
var d3 = Object.assign({}, require("d3-format"), require("d3-geo"), require("d3-geo-projection"));
I changed that to my needs which would be to have the standard-d3-bundle (that worked already above) and add the d3-selection-multi.
var d3 = Object.assign({}, require("d3"), require("d3-selection-multi"));
That does not work however.
So I tested it by printing out the resulting object:
console.log(d3)
The result is correctly:
{version: "4.11.0", bisect: ƒ, bisectRight: ƒ, bisectLeft: ƒ, ascending: ƒ, …}
But the "d3-selection-multi"-module is not there. I can see that, because it doesn't recognize d3.selectAll().styles as a function.
I tried the following:
instead of
var d3 = Object.assign({}, require("d3"), require("d3-selection-multi"));
I just required the d3-selection-multi to see whether it works:
var d3 = require("d3-selection-multi");
and the result of console.log(d3) is
{ } An empty object.
So if this object does not contain anything the Object.assign obviously also doesn't add anything to the d3-standard-bundle. But why is it empty? Am I missing sth?

From your question, it's a little difficult to determine exactly what you're encountering that's convinced you this isn't working, so I'm working on a guess that it's this:
But the "d3-selection-multi"-module is not there. I can see that, because it doesn't recognize d3.selectAll().styles as a function.
Let's start from the beginning.
Object.assign copies enumerable properties of one or more source objects to a single target object. This is useful for creating shallow copies of objects--for example, allowing you to manipulate the target object without necessarily manipulating the source object--or to compose a new object with properties from the source objects.
const foo = { a: 1 };
const bar = { b: 2 };
const baz = Object.assign({}, foo, bar);
console.log(baz.a);
// 1
d3-selection-multi exports an empty object, as you observed. Thus, your attempt to use Object.assign resulted in the creation of an empty object, the copying of d3 enumerable properties to that empty object, and the copying of the empty d3-selection-multi object's enumerable properties--nothing--to that initial empty object.
What d3-selection-multi does, in fact, is modify the selection and transition prototypes from d3-selection and d3-transition directly.
You should be able to verify this by the following trivial example:
const d3 = require('d3');
require('d3-selection-multi');
console.log(d3.selectAll().styles);
console.log(d3.selectAll().attrs);
// [Function: selection_styles]
// [Function: selection_attrs]
That stated, you should see the same result given your original method as well:
const d3 = Object.assign({}, require('d3'), require('d3-selection-multi'));
If you are indeed able to access d3.selectAll().styles and attrs this way but still having problems, we'll need to see the exact implementing code along with console output.

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node ejs reference error data not defined at eval when handing data to view

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