queue() .defer(d3.xml, "wiggle.svg", "image/svg+xml") .await(ready); function ready(error, xml) { //Adding our svg file to HTML document var importedNode = document.importNode(xml.documentElement, true); d3.select("#pathAnimation").node().appendChild(importedNode); var svg = d3.select("svg"); var path = svg.select("path#wiggle"), startPoint = pathStartPoint(path); console.log("startPoint: " + startPoint); var marker = svg.append("circle"); marker.attr("r", 7) .attr("transform", "translate(" + startPoint + ")"); transition(); //Get path start point for placing marker function pathStartPoint(path) { var d = path.attr("d"), dsplitted = d.split(" "); return dsplitted[1].split(","); } function transition() { marker.transition() .duration(7500) .attrTween("transform", translateAlong(path.node())) .each("end", transition);// infinite loop } function translateAlong(path) { var l = path.getTotalLength(); return function(i) { return function(t) { var p = path.getPointAtLength(t * l); return "translate(" + p.x + "," + p.y + ")";//Move marker } } } }