net_version.md

description
Returns the current network id.

net_version

Parameters

none

Returns

String - The current network id.

• "1": Ethereum Mainnet
• "2": Morden Testnet (deprecated)
• "3": Ropsten Testnet
• "4": Rinkeby Testnet
• "42": Kovan Testnet

Example

Request

{% tabs %} {% tab title="Curl" %}

curl https://eth-mainnet.alchemyapi.io/v2/your-api-key \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_version","params":[],"id":67}'

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Postman" %}

URL: https://eth-mainnet.alchemyapi.io/v2/your-api-key
RequestType: POST
Body: 
{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "method":"net_version",
    "params":[],
    "id":67
}

{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}

Result

{
  "id":67,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "3"
}