# Ethereum eth/v1/node/peer_count RPC method
Ethereum consensus layer Beacon Chain API call that returns the number of the peers connected to the node.
Parameters:
none
Returns:
data
—object
with:disconnected
connecting
connected
disconnecting
Example:
curl -X GET https://beacon-nd-123-456-789.p2pify.com/3c6e0b8a9c15224a8228b9a98ca1531d/eth/v1/node/peer_count