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

# 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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## **Parameters**

`None`

## **Returns**

QUANTITY - integer of the number of connected peers.

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"id": 64,
	"result": "0x8"
}
```

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.tron.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":64}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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