net_listening

Returns whether the node is listening for network connections.

Ethereum JSON-RPC reference · All supported methods

Parameters

No parameters. Send an empty params array.

Return value

true if the node is listening, otherwise false.

Example

Replace <gateway-url> with your gateway base URL and <service-url> with the chain’s service path, such as service/ethereum.

curl -X POST "<gateway-url>/<service-url>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"net_listening","params":[]}'

Illustrative response; values depend on the selected network and request:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": true
}