go-ethereum/docs/interacting-with-geth/rpc/ns-net.md

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net Namespace Documentation for the JSON-RPC API "net" namespace

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"}