---
title: "Historical contract: Set Default Payment card"
description: "Historical Ordering.co API contract for POST /payments/{gateway}/cards/default, kept for reference. Use the current API reference for new integrations."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/history/set-default-payment-card/
---

# Historical contract: Set Default Payment card

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> **Historical API contract.** This page describes an earlier API contract. Methods, paths, and responses may differ from the current API.

## Historical meaning

Set Default Payment card

## Current API

For new integrations, use the linked current API reference or guide.

[View the current API reference](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/payments/POST/payments/%7Bgateway%7D/cards/default)

## Parameters

```json
[
  {
    "name": "language",
    "in": "path",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "en"
    },
    "required": true
  },
  {
    "name": "project",
    "in": "path",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "<redacted-personal>"
    },
    "required": true
  },
  {
    "name": "gateway",
    "in": "path",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "required": true
  },
  {
    "name": "api_version",
    "in": "path",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "v400"
    },
    "required": true
  }
]
```

## Request body

```json
null
```

## Responses

```json
{
  "200": {
    "description": "200",
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "examples": {
          "Result": {
            "value": "{\n  \"error\": false,\n  \"result\": true\n}"
          }
        },
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "error": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "example": false,
              "default": true
            },
            "result": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "example": true,
              "default": true
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "400": {
    "description": "400",
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "examples": {
          "Result": {
            "value": "{\n  \"error\": true,\n  \"result\": [\n    \"The Business field is required.\",\n    \"The User field is required.\",\n    \"The card id field is required.\"\n  ]\n}"
          }
        },
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "error": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "example": true,
              "default": true
            },
            "result": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "The Business field is required."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "401": {
    "description": "401",
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "examples": {
          "Result": {
            "value": "{\n  \"error\": true,\n  \"result\": [\n    \"You do not have permission.\"\n  ]\n}"
          }
        },
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "error": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "example": true,
              "default": true
            },
            "result": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "You do not have permission."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```