# net\_peerCount

### **Parameters**

none

### **Returns**

`QUANTITY` - integer of the number of connected peers

### **Example**

Request

```
curl https://rpc-mainnet.u2u.xyz \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":74}'
```

Result

```javascript
{
  "id":74,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x2" // 2
}
```