RequireJs Module in node always returns undefined when using in a grunt task

Question

I've a small config file that I need in frontend and in my grunt task.

js/config.js:

define(function() {
  return [
    {
      id: 'demo',
      displayName: 'Demo'
    }
  ];
});

I can load the file in frontend without problems it also work in node. var requirejs = require('requirejs');

requirejs.config({
  nodeRequire: require,
  baseUrl: './js'
});   
var config = requirejs('config')

But when I try to load the same file in a grunt task it returns undefined:

requirejs.config({
  nodeRequire: require,
  baseUrl: './js'
});   
grunt.registerTask('lala', function  () {
  var config = requirejs('config')
});

Answer 1

The problem was that the I require requireJs outside of the module.exports function. So this works after all:

module.exports = function(grunt) {

  var requirejs = require('requirejs');

  requirejs.config({
    nodeRequire: require,
    baseUrl: './js/cfe/app/platforms/as'
  });

  grunt.registerTask('lala', function  () {
    var config = requirejs('config')
  });
}