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wild folio Apr 5, 2022, 1:24 PM

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hi! in general the default_source field is legacy, and it's not compatible with the current API object for cards(which is PaymentMethods pm_xxx) (hence the error). It's best not to use it at all.

idle pier Apr 5, 2022, 1:27 PM

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Thank you for your response. What will be the best way to set the default payment method for a customer then?

I am adding payment methods with setup intents and confirming the setup Intent with stripeJs + Elements stripe.confirmSetup

Since I cannot pass in options to do this with the stripe.confirmSetup method, what would be the best way to set this newly added payment method as the default for a customer?

wild folio Apr 5, 2022, 1:29 PM

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depends on the context!
-for one time payments, there's no such thing — we don't have a default, you tell us what card to charge by passing it to the payment_method field when creating a PaymentIntent.
-for subscriptions, can use either https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-default_payment_method or set https://stripe.com/docs/api/customers/update#update_customer-invoice_settings-default_payment_method

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what would be the best way to set this newly added payment method as the default for a customer?
if it's for subscriptions, setting one of those fields mentioned above, during the webhook handler, like you described/are doing. We talk about it here (it's for Checkout, but same applies when using Elements+confirmSetup directly)
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout/subscriptions/update-payment-details#set-default-payment-method

idle pier Apr 5, 2022, 1:33 PM

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It would be for subscriptions, and the cards are added before a subscription is created.

So ideally the default payment method would be set before a user subscribed to anything

I think your second route of updating invoice_settings on a customer is what I am looking for. I will quickly try that and see

Thank you for your response, I will confirm in the next few minutes

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et voila!

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Worked like a charm,

invoice_settings: {
  default_payment_method: 'pm_123'
}

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Thank you for your response, I will make a note that we do not use default_source on a customer

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thanks!

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