web3-net
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Package description
The web3-net package is a sub-package of the web3.js library that provides network-related functionalities for interacting with Ethereum nodes. It allows developers to retrieve information about the network, such as the network ID, peer count, and listening status.
Get Network ID
This feature allows you to retrieve the network ID of the connected Ethereum network. The network ID is a unique identifier for different Ethereum networks (e.g., Mainnet, Ropsten, Rinkeby).
const Web3 = require('web3');
const web3 = new Web3('http://localhost:8545');
web3.eth.net.getId().then(console.log);Get Peer Count
This feature allows you to get the number of peers currently connected to the Ethereum node. This can be useful for monitoring the health and connectivity of your node.
const Web3 = require('web3');
const web3 = new Web3('http://localhost:8545');
web3.eth.net.getPeerCount().then(console.log);Check if Node is Listening
This feature checks if the Ethereum node is currently listening for network connections. It returns a boolean value indicating the listening status.
const Web3 = require('web3');
const web3 = new Web3('http://localhost:8545');
web3.eth.net.isListening().then(console.log);The ethers.js library is a complete and compact library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. It provides similar functionalities to web3-net, such as network information retrieval, but also includes additional features like contract interaction, wallet management, and utilities for working with Ethereum data structures.
Ethjs is a highly modular and lightweight library for interacting with the Ethereum network. It offers similar network-related functionalities as web3-net, such as retrieving network ID and peer count, but is designed to be more modular and minimalistic, allowing developers to include only the parts they need.
The web3.js library is the parent package of web3-net and provides a comprehensive suite of tools for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. It includes all the functionalities of web3-net along with additional modules for contract interaction, account management, and more.
Readme
This is a sub package of web3.js
This is the net package to be used in other web3.js packages. Please read the documentation for more.
npm install web3-net
Build running the following in the web3.js repository:
npm run-script build-all
Then include dist/web3-net.js in your html file.
This will expose the Web3Net object on the window object.
// in node.js
var Web3Net = require('web3-net');
var net = new Web3Net('ws://localhost:8546');
FAQs
Web3 module to interact with the Ethereum nodes networking properties.
The npm package web3-net receives a total of 307,371 weekly downloads. As such, web3-net popularity was classified as popular.
We found that web3-net demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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