# Need help interacting with remote IPFS nodes

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/need-help-interacting-with-remote-ipfs-nodes/7840>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** js-ipfs, ipfs-cluster\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/need-help-interacting-with-remote-ipfs-nodes/7840 "2020-04-29T04:38:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nirupam52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/nirupam52/32/3725_2.png) [@nirupam52](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/nirupam52)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/need-help-interacting-with-remote-ipfs-nodes/7840/1 "2020-04-29T04:38:14Z")

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I have 3 remote nodes setup on AWS in a cluster with pinning enabled. I would like to interact with the nodes or cluster - uploading, retrieving files etc from a browser with no local node running on my pc. I have seen the documentation for the HTTP API and when i try to do curl it returns back gibberish. Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![nirupam52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/nirupam52/32/3725_2.png) [@nirupam52](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/nirupam52)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/need-help-interacting-with-remote-ipfs-nodes/7840/2 "2020-04-29T06:22:01Z")

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update: changing the address values to the private IP of the AWS instance made it work