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Reputation: 589

PostgreSQL JsonB query for object in JSON array based on object attributes

So I have seen a few other responses to this question on StackOverflow already, but none of them have worked for me. 

{
    "data": {
        "list": [
            {"id": "2ac5bf6f-bc4a-49e8-8f9f-bc518a839981", "type": "type1"},
            {"id": "d15ac090-11ce-4c0c-a05d-d4238f01e8b0", "type": "type3"},
            {"id": "b98958fa-87c4-4dcc-aa84-beaf2b32c5c0", "type": "type1"},
            {"id": "854f4d2a-f37c-42cb-9a1f-17a15454a314", "type": "type2"},
            {"id": "555816da-4547-4a82-9e7e-1e92515bd82b", "type": "type2"},
            {"id": "0f7f4ced-61c2-45da-b15c-0e12058f66a7", "type": "type4"}

        ]
    }
}

This Json is stored in a field called "questions", now I want to query this table for an object with a certain id in the list. So say I have the id 555816da-4547-4a82-9e7e-1e92515bd82b, I would like to return 

{"id": "555816da-4547-4a82-9e7e-1e92515bd82b", "type": "type2"}

The solutions to this I have seen on the internet (primarily here), that have not worked are here:

SELECT questions->'data'->'list' 
FROM assignments 
WHERE id='81asd6230-126d-4bc8-9745-c4333338115c' 
AND questions->'data'->'list' @> '[{"id":"854f4d2a-f37c-42cb-9a1f-17a15454a314"}]';

I have seen this solution on multiple different responses but it doesn't narrow down the array at all, it returns the full thing every time. The first id in the where clause is the id of the specific assignment object that I want, its mostly irrelevant here.

SELECT questions->'data'->'list' 
FROM assignments 
WHERE id='81asd6230-126d-4bc8-9745-c4333338115c' 
AND questions->'data'->'list' @> '[{"id":"854f4d2a-f37c-42cb-9a1f-17a15454a314"}]';

This returns nothing.

Does anyone have an idea on how to do this easily?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2788

Answers (1)

klin
klin

Reputation: 121594

You can use function jsonb_array_elements(jsonb) to select all elements of a json array:

select jsonb_array_elements(questions->'data'->'list') elem
from assignments
where id='81asd6230-126d-4bc8-9745-c4333338115c'

                              elem
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 {"id": "2ac5bf6f-bc4a-49e8-8f9f-bc518a839981", "type": "type1"}
 {"id": "d15ac090-11ce-4c0c-a05d-d4238f01e8b0", "type": "type3"}
 {"id": "b98958fa-87c4-4dcc-aa84-beaf2b32c5c0", "type": "type1"}
 {"id": "854f4d2a-f37c-42cb-9a1f-17a15454a314", "type": "type2"}
 {"id": "555816da-4547-4a82-9e7e-1e92515bd82b", "type": "type2"}
 {"id": "0f7f4ced-61c2-45da-b15c-0e12058f66a7", "type": "type4"}
(6 rows)

Use the above query if you want to select an element with specific id:

select elem
from (
    select jsonb_array_elements(questions->'data'->'list') elem
    from assignments
    where id='81asd6230-126d-4bc8-9745-c4333338115c'
    ) sub
where elem->>'id' = '854f4d2a-f37c-42cb-9a1f-17a15454a314'

                              elem
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 {"id": "854f4d2a-f37c-42cb-9a1f-17a15454a314", "type": "type2"}
(1 row)

Upvotes: 6

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