💎 Ethereum
net_peerCount

net_peerCount RPC method

Developers can use this method to check their node's connectivity and functionality. Developers can confirm their node is getting updates and synchronised by checking the number of connected peers

Returns

Peer count - the number of currently connected to the node peers encoded as hexadecimal

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x86"
}

Parameters

None

Request

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Example

  • HTTPS POST Request with a JSON RPC call in the body

  • Replace YOUR-API-KEY with the API key from your Chainnodes.org Dashboard

  • You can use a different supported network by replacing mainnet

curl https://mainnet.chainnodes.org/YOUR-API-KEY \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":1}'
net_listeningweb3_clientVersion