🔵 Base
net_peerCount

🔢 net_peerCount - Base Chain

Developers can use this method to check their node's connectivity and functionality. The peer count confirms that a Base node is properly connected to the network and able to receive blockchain updates.

Returns

Peer count - the number of peers currently connected to the node encoded as hexadecimal

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x24"
}

Parameters

None

Request

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Example

  • HTTPS POST Request with a JSON RPC call in the body
  • Replace YOUR-API-KEY with the API key from your Chainnodes.org Dashboard
  • You can use a different supported network by replacing base-mainnet
curl https://base-mainnet.chainnodes.org/YOUR-API-KEY \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":1}'
net_listeningweb3_clientVersion