Node.js in CC2014 not accepting require

Hello,

I'm attempting to use modules like fs and https and JSON - We upgraded to CC2014 at work and in Illustrator, I want to work with some JSON files.

My error is that this one line,

var http = require('http');
Does not work.
The error returned is
Error 24: require is not a function. -> Line 1 var http = require('http');
Why would that be, given the node.js introduction in CC2014?

Thank you,
Alex