net_peerCount

Returns number of peers currently connected to Astar client.

Parameters

This method accepts no parameters.

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "net_peerCount",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1
}

Returns

Type	Description
QUANTITY	Number of connected peers (hexadecimal)

Code Examples

cURL

curl -X POST https://api-astar.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "net_peerCount",
    "params": [],
    "id": 1
  }'

JavaScript

import { JsonRpcProvider } from 'ethers';

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider('https://api-astar.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY');

const peerCount = await provider.send('net_peerCount', []);
console.log('Peer count:', parseInt(peerCount, 16));

Related Methods

• net_listening - Check if listening