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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var isNumeric = require('fast-isnumeric');
 var plots = Plotly.Plots;
 
 Plotly.plot = require('./plot');
+Plotly.redraw = require('./redraw');
 
 // Get the container div: we store all variables for this plot as
 // properties of this div
@@ -576,22 +577,6 @@ function emptyContainer(outer, innerStr) {
         (Object.keys(outer[innerStr]).length === 0);
 }
 
-// convenience function to force a full redraw, mostly for use by plotly.js
-Plotly.redraw = function(gd) {
-    gd = getGraphDiv(gd);
-
-    if(!Plotly.Lib.isPlotDiv(gd)) {
-        console.log('This element is not a Plotly Plot', gd);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    gd.calcdata = undefined;
-    return Plotly.plot(gd).then(function () {
-        gd.emit('plotly_redraw');
-        return gd;
-    });
-};
-
 /**
  * Convenience function to make idempotent plot option obvious to users.
  *
 
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+var Lib = require('../lib');
+var plot = require('./plot');
+
+module.exports = redraw;
+
+// convenience function to force a full redraw, mostly for use by plotly.js
+function redraw(gd) {
+    gd = getGraphDiv(gd);
+
+    if(!Lib.isPlotDiv(gd)) {
+        console.log('This element is not a Plotly Plot', gd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    gd.calcdata = undefined;
+    return plot(gd).then(function () {
+        gd.emit('plotly_redraw');
+        return gd;
+    });
+};
+
+
+function getGraphDiv(gd) {
+    var gdElement;
+
+    if(typeof gd === 'string') {
+        gdElement = document.getElementById(gd);
+
+        if(gdElement === null) {
+            throw new Error('No DOM element with id \'' + gd + '\' exists on the page.');
+        }
+
+        return gdElement;
+    }
+    else if(gd===null || gd===undefined) {
+        throw new Error('DOM element provided is null or undefined');
+    }
+
+    return gd;  // otherwise assume that gd is a DOM element
+}