getnettotals

network safe since < 0.12.0

returns information about network traffic, including bytes in, bytes out, and the current time.

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getnettotals

Returns information about network traffic, including bytes in, bytes out,
and current time.

Result:
{                                              (json object)
  "totalbytesrecv" : n,                        (numeric) Total bytes received
  "totalbytessent" : n,                        (numeric) Total bytes sent
  "timemillis" : xxx,                          (numeric) Current UNIX epoch time in milliseconds
  "uploadtarget" : {                           (json object)
    "timeframe" : n,                           (numeric) Length of the measuring timeframe in seconds
    "target" : n,                              (numeric) Target in bytes
    "target_reached" : true|false,             (boolean) True if target is reached
    "serve_historical_blocks" : true|false,    (boolean) True if serving historical blocks
    "bytes_left_in_cycle" : n,                 (numeric) Bytes left in current time cycle
    "time_left_in_cycle" : n                   (numeric) Seconds left in current time cycle
  }
}

Examples:
> bitcoin-cli getnettotals 
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "getnettotals", "params": []}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
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