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title: net Namespace
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2022-08-22 03:40:56 -05:00
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description: Documentation for the JSON-RPC API "net" namespace
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The `net` API provides insight about the networking aspect of the client.
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### net_listening
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Returns an indication if the node is listening for network connections.
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| Client | Method invocation |
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|:--------|-------------------------------|
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| Console | `net.listening` |
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| RPC | `{"method": "net_listening"}` |
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### net_peerCount
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Returns the number of connected peers.
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| Client | Method invocation |
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|:--------|-------------------------------|
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| Console | `net.peerCount` |
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| RPC | `{"method": "net_peerCount"}` |
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### net_version
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Returns the devp2p network ID (e.g. 1 for mainnet, 5 for goerli).
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| Client | Method invocation |
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|:--------|-----------------------------|
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| Console | `net.version` |
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| RPC | `{"method": "net_version"}` |
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