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# NEPacket

A network packet and its associated properties.

```
class NEPacket
```

## Topics

### Initializing a packet

[`init(data:protocolFamily:)`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEPacket/init(data:protocolFamily:))

### Accessing packet properties

[`data`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEPacket/data)

[`metadata`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEPacket/metadata)

[`protocolFamily`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEPacket/protocolFamily)

[`direction`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEPacket/direction)

The direction of the packet.

[`NETrafficDirection`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NETrafficDirection)

A type to represent the direction of network traffic.


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