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net_peerCount

Summary: Get number of peers

This request returns the number of peers currently connected to the client. Warning: Since Infura methods may be supported by different Ethereum clients, the result can't be considered a global status. It only reflects the number of peers currently connected to the specific client handling this request.

Parameters

This method doesn't accept any parameters.

Returns

net_peerCountResponse
string

The number of connected peers in hexadecimal.

Pattern: ^0x([1-9a-f]+[0-9a-f]*|0)$

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Request

curl https://linea-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "net_peerCount",
    "params": [],
    "id": 1
  }'

Example response

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x64"
}