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[eternal moth]

There's no such thing as a general default for the customer for one-off payments

You can set a default for invoice payments using invoice_settings[default_payment_method] but for Payment Intents that you manage yourself you always need to specify a saved payment method by id

[glacial cobalt]

@eternal moth We'll be using this payment method for a monthly subscription

[eternal moth]

Ok, then you can use that customer setting

[glacial cobalt]

basically we'll be creating the payment method via payment elements react component

and want it to automatically be set as the default payment method for the customer

[eternal moth]

https://stripe.com/docs/api/customers/update?lang=curl#update_customer-invoice_settings-default_payment_method

[glacial cobalt]

can we not do this with a singular action? you're saying we have to first create the payment method and then update the customer in a second follow-up request?

[eternal moth]

yes, you need to make an api call to set that on the customer explicitly, there is currently no way to do that otherwise

[glacial cobalt]

Is this the recommended path then for subscriptions?

or do we not really need a "Default" payment method

(basically am I trying to do something weird and should actually be handling this whole flow differently)

[eternal moth]

It's not weird, no, you're trying to set a customer default for all subscriptions and invoices that dont specify a payment method themselves

When you set up the subscription, if collecting a new payment method then, you can have it set automatically on the subscription (subscription.default_payment_method) but not the customer
https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create?lang=curl#create_subscription-payment_settings-save_default_payment_method

[glacial cobalt]

good to know. Thank you