Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result

string

The integer of the number of connected peers encoded as hexadecimal

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "net_peerCount",
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  "params": [],
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  "id": 67
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}'

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curl https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "net_peerCount",
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  "params": [],
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  "id": 67
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}'

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import { ethers } from 'ethers';
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// HTTP version
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(async () => {
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	const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro')
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	const peers = await provider.send('net_peerCount')
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	console.log(peers)
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})()
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import { ethers } from 'ethers';
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// HTTP version
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(async () => {
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	const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro')
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	const peers = await provider.send('net_peerCount')
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	console.log(peers)
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})()
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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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print(w3.net.peer_count)

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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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print(w3.net.peer_count)

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