Add a payment method

Adds a Payment Method to your Account with the option to set it as the default method.

• Adding a default Payment Method removes the default status from any other Payment Method.

• An Account can have up to 6 active Payment Methods.

• Up to 60 Payment Methods can be added each day.

• Prior to adding a Payment Method, ensure that your billing address information is up-to-date with a valid zip by running the Update your account operation.

• A payment_method_add event is generated when a payment is successfully submitted.

Parent and child accounts

In a parent and child account environment, the following apply:

• Child account users can't run this operation. These users don't have access to billing-related operations.

Permissions and scopes

To call this operation, you need permissions, based on the model you're using:

• Identity and access permissions. Your user needs a role with these permissions. Learn more.

  • Permissions: create_payment_method

• OAuth scopes. Your user needs these scopes assigned. Learn more.

  • Scopes: account:read_write

CLI

linode-cli payment-methods add \
  --type credit_card \
  --is_default true \
  --data.card_number 4111111111111111 \
  --data.expiry_month 11 \
  --data.expiry_year 2020 \
  --data.cvv 111

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