net

Entity	Version
Source	`1.13.0-stable/generated-at:2026-09-14T07:51:25-06:00`
OpenRPC	`1.2.6`

Listening returns an indication if the node is listening for network connections.

None

bool

Shell HTTP

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 42, "method": "net_listening", "params": []}'

Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "net_listening", "params": []}'

Javascript Console

net.listening();

Source code

func (s *NetAPI) Listening() bool {
    return true
}// Listening returns an indication if the node is listening for network connections.

PeerCount returns the number of connected peers

None

hexutil.Uint

Schema

- description: `Hex representation of a uint`
- pattern: `^0x([a-fA-F\d])+$`
- title: `uint`
- type: string

Raw

{
    "description": "Hex representation of a uint",
    "pattern": "^0x([a-fA-F\\d])+$",
    "title": "uint",
    "type": [
        "string"
    ]
}

Shell HTTP

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 42, "method": "net_peerCount", "params": []}'

Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "net_peerCount", "params": []}'

Javascript Console

net.peerCount();

Source code

func (s *NetAPI) PeerCount() hexutil.Uint {
    return hexutil.Uint(s.net.PeerCount())
}// PeerCount returns the number of connected peers

Version returns the current ethereum protocol version.

None

string

Shell HTTP

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 42, "method": "net_version", "params": []}'

Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "net_version", "params": []}'

Javascript Console

net.version();

Source code

func (s *NetAPI) Version() string {
    return fmt.Sprintf("%d", s.networkVersion)
}// Version returns the current ethereum protocol version.