go-ethereum/docs/interacting-with-geth/rpc/ns-net.md
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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"}` |