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net_peerCount

Returns the number of peers currently connected to the client.

Parameters​

No parameters required.

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

Returns​

QUANTITY - Number of connected peers.

Example​

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