#kevin-r_api
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ebon fog
Hi there
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very well. I figured it was generally random, but I could totally see a remote Stripe coder living in ND. (Bundled up)
ebon fog
😂
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OK, so I'm going to look for payment_methods, sources ,and invoice_settings.default_payment_method.
ebon fog
Anyways, in terms of precedence... this only matters for Subscriptions/Invoices
Otherwise you always specify the PaymentMethod or Source via the payment_method parameter of a PaymentIntent.
compact delta
OK, that's good to know.
ebon fog
But if you are using Subs/Invoices then the Subscription's default_payment_method takes precedence, followed by invoice_settings.default_payment_method followed by default_source, see: https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/object?api-version=2025-10-29.preview&rds=1#subscription_object-default_payment_method
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OK. That part seems easy and I know I've seen that already.
but if there's no default_payment_method, source, or invoice_settings.default_payment_method, will the subscription just not charge, or will it look around for a source object on the customer? (or a card object, which I think we have customers old enough to have that attribute.)
(some of our code uses an API from 2013, which I'm rewriting, but this is the kind of thing I'm try to rectify before pulling the trigger.)
ebon fog
It will not charge if there is no default set
You mostly want to make sure that there is a default_payment_method set for every Sub or a default set on every Customer
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OK. so the ONLY customer item that can be involved is invoice_settings.default_payment_method.
ebon fog
Ah no actually I forgot about Customer default_source which comes last in the precedence ordering
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OK. and there cannot be a cutomer.default_payment_method, just a customer.invoice_settings.default_payment_method, correct?
ebon fog
Correct
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OK. I know I'm overthinking it, but I think that's my job sometimes. 🙂
OK, thanks for the help - have a great day!
ebon fog
You too!