nanoreth/book/jsonrpc/net.md

net Namespace

The net API provides information about the networking component of the node.

net_listening

Returns a bool indicating whether or not the node is listening for network connections.

Client	Method invocation
RPC	{"method": "net_listening", "params": []}

Example

// > {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"net_listening","params":[]}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

net_peerCount

Returns the number of peers connected to the node.

Client	Method invocation
RPC	{"method": "net_peerCount", "params": []}

Example

// > {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"net_peerCount","params":[]}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":10}

net_version

Returns the network ID (e.g. 1 for mainnet)

Client	Method invocation
RPC	{"method": "net_version", "params": []}

Example

// > {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"net_version","params":[]}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":1}