> ## Documentation Index
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# net_peerCount

Returns number of peers currently connected to the client.

This method will use `20` [Compute Units](/nodeapi/about/billing).

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## Reference: [Here](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#net_peercount)

## **Parameters**

`None`

## **Returns**

`QUANTITY` - integer of the number of connected peers.

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
  "id":74,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x2" // 2
}
```

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.avalanche.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>/ext/bc/C/rpc \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":74}'
  ```

  ```bash title="testnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://fuji.avalanche.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>/ext/bc/C/rpc \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_sha3","params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"],"id":64}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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