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# paymentData

The payment data as a UTF-8 encoded serialization of a JSON dictionary.

```
var paymentData: Data { get }
```

## Discussion

Send this data to your e-commerce back-end system, where it can be decrypted and submitted to your payment processor.

For the format of the payment data, see [Payment Token Format Reference](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/PassKit/Reference/PaymentTokenJSON/PaymentTokenJSON.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014929).

## See Also

  [Wallet Developer Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/PassKit_PG/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012195)


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