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# net_listening | Tempo

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

Tempo API method that returns `true` if the client is actively listening for network connections.

## Parameters

None.

## Response

* `result` — `true` if the client is listening, `false` otherwise

## `net_listening` code examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```javascript ethers.js theme={"system"}
  const ethers = require('ethers');
  const NODE_URL = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";
  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(NODE_URL);

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

  checkListening();
  ```

  ```python web3.py theme={"system"}
  from web3 import Web3

  node_url = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL"
  web3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(node_url))

  listening = web3.net.listening
  print(f"Node is listening: {listening}")
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={"system"}
  curl -X POST "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "net_listening", "params": [], "id": 1}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi/tempo_node_api/client_info/net_listening.json POST /
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: net_listening Tempo example
  version: 1.0.0
  description: This is an API example for net_listening for Tempo.
servers:
  - url: https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf
security: []
paths:
  /:
    post:
      tags:
        - Client info
      summary: net_listening
      operationId: tempo-net-listening
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                jsonrpc:
                  type: string
                  default: '2.0'
                method:
                  type: string
                  default: net_listening
                params:
                  type: array
                  items: {}
                  default: []
                id:
                  type: integer
                  default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Listening status
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  jsonrpc:
                    type: string
                  id:
                    type: integer
                  result:
                    type: boolean
                    description: >-
                      true if the client is actively listening for network
                      connections

````