net

The net API provides insight about the networking aspect of the client.

net_listening

Returns an indication if the node is listening for network connections.

CLIENT	METHOD INVOCATION
Console	net.listening
RPC	{"method": "net_listening"}

net_peerCount

Returns the number of connected peers.

CLIENT	METHOD INVOCATION
Console	net.peerCount
RPC	{"method": "net_peerCount"}

net_version

Returns the devp2p network ID (e.g. 1 for mainnet, 5 for goerli).

CLIENT	METHOD INVOCATION
Console	net.version
RPC	{"method": "net_version"}