> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.parallaxprotocol.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# net

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. 2110 for mainnet, 2111 for testnet).

| CLIENT  | METHOD INVOCATION           |
| ------- | --------------------------- |
| Console | net.version                 |
| RPC     | \{"method": "net\_version"} |