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# net_listening

Returns `true` if client is actively listening for network connections.

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](https://docs.validationcloud.io/nodeapi/about/billing.md).

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

## **Parameters**

`None`

## **Returns**

`Boolean` - `true` when listening, otherwise `false`.

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 67,
  "result": true
}
```

```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
curl https://mainnet.xlayer.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_listening","params":[],"id":67}'
```


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