exported function unavailable when declared globally

Question

When i load my custom made file globally, it is not loaded properly and returns an empty object:

const msgq = require('../db/message_queue.js');

var getList = async(url) => {
    console.log(msgq);
    ...
}

However, if i load locally inside the function, it works as I expected. What is the reason behind this?:

var getList = async(url) => {
    const msgq = require('../db/message_queue.js');  
    console.log(msgq);
    ...
}

Though, the weird thing is that in other parts of my code, i declared it globally and used it with no problem...

running on ExpressJS

With the first line, what happens if you run ```console.log(msgq);``` directly under the line that requires ```'../db/message_queue.js'```? — JO3-W3B-D3V, Jan 02 '19 at 14:10
Have you had a look at similar issues such as [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23875233/require-returns-an-empty-object/23875299)? — JO3-W3B-D3V, Jan 02 '19 at 15:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '19 at 16:29

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try let instead of const

    let msgq = require('../db/message_queue.js');

answered Jan 02 '19 at 16:29

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