# Zcash Payment API (z_ methods)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/zcash/zcash-payment-api-z-methods/  
**Provider:** Zcash — https://apis.io/providers/zcash/  
**Base URL:** http://127.0.0.1:8232/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/master/doc/payment-api.md

Zcash Payment API (z_ methods) is one of 4 APIs that [Zcash](https://apis.io/providers/zcash/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include JSON-RPC, Shielded Transactions, Privacy, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, and Sapling. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Zcash-specific extension to the JSON-RPC interface that enables shielded (private) transaction operations using zero-knowledge proofs. Includes methods for managing shielded addresses (z-addrs), sending private transactions with encrypted memos, and key management for the Sapling and Orchard shielded pools.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/master/doc/payment-api.md
- **ReferenceDocumentation** — https://zcash.github.io/rpc/

## Other Zcash APIs (3)

- [Zcash JSON-RPC API (zcashd)](https://apis.io/apis/zcash/zcash-json-rpc-api-zcashd/)
- [Lightwalletd gRPC API](https://apis.io/apis/zcash/lightwalletd-grpc-api/)
- [Zebra JSON-RPC API](https://apis.io/apis/zcash/zebra-json-rpc-api/)

## Tags

JSON-RPC, Shielded Transactions, Privacy, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Sapling, Orchard

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