net_listening | Monad

Monad API method that returns true if the client is actively listening for network connections. Available on Monad via Chainstack.

POST

eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://nd-422-757-666.p2pify.com/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex",
  "params": [
    "0xe5154e40a873257082e257c405d28bf2cc58d80629cc5468d2f7e6dba3c4e7db",
    "0x3D"
  ]
}
'

200

{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": {}
}

Monad API method that returns true if the client is actively listening for network connections. This method is useful for checking the node’s network connectivity status.

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Parameters

• none

Response

• result — true if the client is listening for connections, false otherwise.

net_listening code examples

ethers.js

const { ethers } = require("ethers");

const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL");

async function checkListening() {
  const isListening = await provider.send("net_listening", []);
  console.log(`Node is listening: ${isListening}`);
}

checkListening();

Use case

A practical use case for net_listening is implementing health checks in your infrastructure to verify that nodes are properly connected to the network and able to receive peer connections.

Body

application/json

id · integer · default: 1

jsonrpc · string · default: 2.0

method · string · default: eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex

params · string[]

Response

200 - application/json

The transaction information

jsonrpc · string

id · integer

result · object