net_peerCount

Returns the number of peers currently connected to the client.

Parameters

None

Returns

peer count: A hexadecimal of the number of connected peers.

Example

Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your Infura dashboard.

Request

cURL

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

WSS

wscat -c wss://avalanche-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/YOUR-API-KEY -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "net_peerCount", "params": [], "id": 1}'

Response

JSON

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