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title: net Namespace
description: 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"}` |