# how to connect the private ipfs with nodejs

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**Created:** [May 14, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-connect-the-private-ipfs-with-nodejs/14217 "2022-05-14T10:13:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-connect-the-private-ipfs-with-nodejs/14217/1 "2022-05-14T10:13:30Z")

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Find a suitable api to connect private ipfs with nodejs  
So that through nodejs you want to view, download and upload files to private ipfs  
I want to open nodejs from outside the private ipfs network  
to upload files inside the network and do other operations