json -> integer → json

jsonb -> integer → jsonb

Extracts n'th element of JSON array (array elements are indexed from zero, but negative integers count from the end).

'[{"a":"foo"},{"b":"bar"},{"c":"baz"}]'::json -> 2 → {"c":"baz"}

'[{"a":"foo"},{"b":"bar"},{"c":"baz"}]'::json -> -3 → {"a":"foo"}

json -> text → json

jsonb -> text → jsonb

Extracts JSON object field with the given key.

'{"a": {"b":"foo"}}'::json -> 'a' → {"b":"foo"}

json ->> integer → text

jsonb ->> integer → text

Extracts n'th element of JSON array, as text.

'[1,2,3]'::json ->> 2 → 3

json ->> text → text

jsonb ->> text → text

Extracts JSON object field with the given key, as text.

'{"a":1,"b":2}'::json ->> 'b' → 2

json #> text[] → json

jsonb #> text[] → jsonb

Extracts JSON sub-object at the specified path, where path elements can be either field keys or array indexes.

'{"a": {"b": ["foo","bar"]}}'::json #> '{a,b,1}' → "bar"

json #>> text[] → text

jsonb #>> text[] → text

Extracts JSON sub-object at the specified path as text.

'{"a": {"b": ["foo","bar"]}}'::json #>> '{a,b,1}' → bar

jsonb @> jsonb → boolean

Does the first JSON value contain the second? (See Section 8.14.3 for details about containment.)

'{"a":1, "b":2}'::jsonb @> '{"b":2}'::jsonb → t

jsonb <@ jsonb → boolean

Is the first JSON value contained in the second?

'{"b":2}'::jsonb <@ '{"a":1, "b":2}'::jsonb → t

jsonb ? text → boolean

Does the text string exist as a top-level key or array element within the JSON value?

'{"a":1, "b":2}'::jsonb ? 'b' → t

'["a", "b", "c"]'::jsonb ? 'b' → t

jsonb ?| text[] → boolean

Do any of the strings in the text array exist as top-level keys or array elements?

'{"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}'::jsonb ?| array['b', 'd'] → t

jsonb ?& text[] → boolean

Do all of the strings in the text array exist as top-level keys or array elements?

'["a", "b", "c"]'::jsonb ?& array['a', 'b'] → t

jsonb || jsonb → jsonb

Concatenates two jsonb values. Concatenating two arrays generates an array containing all the elements of each input. Concatenating two objects generates an object containing the union of their keys, taking the second object's value when there are duplicate keys. All other cases are treated by converting a non-array input into a single-element array, and then proceeding as for two arrays. Does not operate recursively: only the top-level array or object structure is merged.

'["a", "b"]'::jsonb || '["a", "d"]'::jsonb → ["a", "b", "a", "d"]

'{"a": "b"}'::jsonb || '{"c": "d"}'::jsonb → {"a": "b", "c": "d"}

'[1, 2]'::jsonb || '3'::jsonb → [1, 2, 3]

'{"a": "b"}'::jsonb || '42'::jsonb → [{"a": "b"}, 42]

To append an array to another array as a single entry, wrap it in an additional layer of array, for example:

'[1, 2]'::jsonb || jsonb_build_array('[3, 4]'::jsonb) → [1, 2, [3, 4]]

jsonb - text → jsonb

Deletes a key (and its value) from a JSON object, or matching string value(s) from a JSON array.

'{"a": "b", "c": "d"}'::jsonb - 'a' → {"c": "d"}

'["a", "b", "c", "b"]'::jsonb - 'b' → ["a", "c"]

jsonb - text[] → jsonb

Deletes all matching keys or array elements from the left operand.

'{"a": "b", "c": "d"}'::jsonb - '{a,c}'::text[] → {}

jsonb - integer → jsonb

Deletes the array element with specified index (negative integers count from the end). Throws an error if JSON value is not an array.

'["a", "b"]'::jsonb - 1 → ["a"]

jsonb #- text[] → jsonb

Deletes the field or array element at the specified path, where path elements can be either field keys or array indexes.

'["a", {"b":1}]'::jsonb #- '{1,b}' → ["a", {}]

jsonb @? jsonpath → boolean

Does JSON path return any item for the specified JSON value?

'{"a":[1,2,3,4,5]}'::jsonb @? '$.a[*] ? (@ > 2)' → t

jsonb @@ jsonpath → boolean

Returns the result of a JSON path predicate check for the specified JSON value. Only the first item of the result is taken into account. If the result is not Boolean, then NULL is returned.

'{"a":[1,2,3,4,5]}'::jsonb @@ '$.a[*] > 2' → t

to_json ( anyelement ) → json

to_jsonb ( anyelement ) → jsonb

Converts any SQL value to json or jsonb. Arrays and composites are converted recursively to arrays and objects (multidimensional arrays become arrays of arrays in JSON). Otherwise, if there is a cast from the SQL data type to json, the cast function will be used to perform the conversion;^[a] otherwise, a scalar JSON value is produced. For any scalar other than a number, a Boolean, or a null value, the text representation will be used, with escaping as necessary to make it a valid JSON string value.

to_json('Fred said "Hi."'::text) → "Fred said \"Hi.\""

to_jsonb(row(42, 'Fred said "Hi."'::text)) → {"f1": 42, "f2": "Fred said \"Hi.\""}

array_to_json ( anyarray [, boolean ] ) → json

Converts an SQL array to a JSON array. The behavior is the same as to_json except that line feeds will be added between top-level array elements if the optional boolean parameter is true.

array_to_json('{{1,5},{99,100}}'::int[]) → [[1,5],[99,100]]

row_to_json ( record [, boolean ] ) → json

Converts an SQL composite value to a JSON object. The behavior is the same as to_json except that line feeds will be added between top-level elements if the optional boolean parameter is true.

row_to_json(row(1,'foo')) → {"f1":1,"f2":"foo"}

json_build_array ( VARIADIC "any" ) → json

jsonb_build_array ( VARIADIC "any" ) → jsonb

Builds a possibly-heterogeneously-typed JSON array out of a variadic argument list. Each argument is converted as per to_json or to_jsonb.

json_build_array(1, 2, 'foo', 4, 5) → [1, 2, "foo", 4, 5]

json_build_object ( VARIADIC "any" ) → json

jsonb_build_object ( VARIADIC "any" ) → jsonb

Builds a JSON object out of a variadic argument list. By convention, the argument list consists of alternating keys and values. Key arguments are coerced to text; value arguments are converted as per to_json or to_jsonb.

json_build_object('foo', 1, 2, row(3,'bar')) → {"foo" : 1, "2" : {"f1":3,"f2":"bar"}}

json_object ( text[] ) → json

jsonb_object ( text[] ) → jsonb

Builds a JSON object out of a text array. The array must have either exactly one dimension with an even number of members, in which case they are taken as alternating key/value pairs, or two dimensions such that each inner array has exactly two elements, which are taken as a key/value pair. All values are converted to JSON strings.

json_object('{a, 1, b, "def", c, 3.5}') → {"a" : "1", "b" : "def", "c" : "3.5"}

json_object('{{a, 1}, {b, "def"}, {c, 3.5}}') → {"a" : "1", "b" : "def", "c" : "3.5"}

json_object ( keys text[], values text[] ) → json

jsonb_object ( keys text[], values text[] ) → jsonb

This form of json_object takes keys and values pairwise from separate text arrays. Otherwise it is identical to the one-argument form.

json_object('{a,b}', '{1,2}') → {"a": "1", "b": "2"}

json_array_elements ( json ) → setof json

jsonb_array_elements ( jsonb ) → setof jsonb

Expands the top-level JSON array into a set of JSON values.

select * from json_array_elements('[1,true, [2,false]]') →

   value
-----------
 1
 true
 [2,false]

json_array_elements_text ( json ) → setof text

jsonb_array_elements_text ( jsonb ) → setof text

Expands the top-level JSON array into a set of text values.

select * from json_array_elements_text('["foo", "bar"]') →

   value
-----------
 foo
 bar

json_array_length ( json ) → integer

jsonb_array_length ( jsonb ) → integer

Returns the number of elements in the top-level JSON array.

json_array_length('[1,2,3,{"f1":1,"f2":[5,6]},4]') → 5

jsonb_array_length('[]') → 0

json_each ( json ) → setof record ( key text, value json )

jsonb_each ( jsonb ) → setof record ( key text, value jsonb )

Expands the top-level JSON object into a set of key/value pairs.

select * from json_each('{"a":"foo", "b":"bar"}') →

 key | value
-----+-------
 a   | "foo"
 b   | "bar"

json_each_text ( json ) → setof record ( key text, value text )

jsonb_each_text ( jsonb ) → setof record ( key text, value text )

Expands the top-level JSON object into a set of key/value pairs. The returned values will be of type text.

select * from json_each_text('{"a":"foo", "b":"bar"}') →

 key | value
-----+-------
 a   | foo
 b   | bar

json_extract_path ( from_json json, VARIADIC path_elems text[] ) → json

jsonb_extract_path ( from_json jsonb, VARIADIC path_elems text[] ) → jsonb

Extracts JSON sub-object at the specified path. (This is functionally equivalent to the #> operator, but writing the path out as a variadic list can be more convenient in some cases.)

json_extract_path('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"foo"}}', 'f4', 'f6') → "foo"

json_extract_path_text ( from_json json, VARIADIC path_elems text[] ) → text

jsonb_extract_path_text ( from_json jsonb, VARIADIC path_elems text[] ) → text

Extracts JSON sub-object at the specified path as text. (This is functionally equivalent to the #>> operator.)

json_extract_path_text('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"foo"}}', 'f4', 'f6') → foo

json_object_keys ( json ) → setof text

jsonb_object_keys ( jsonb ) → setof text

Returns the set of keys in the top-level JSON object.

select * from json_object_keys('{"f1":"abc","f2":{"f3":"a", "f4":"b"}}') →

 json_object_keys
------------------
 f1
 f2

json_populate_record ( base anyelement, from_json json ) → anyelement

jsonb_populate_record ( base anyelement, from_json jsonb ) → anyelement

Expands the top-level JSON object to a row having the composite type of the base argument. The JSON object is scanned for fields whose names match column names of the output row type, and their values are inserted into those columns of the output. (Fields that do not correspond to any output column name are ignored.) In typical use, the value of base is just NULL, which means that any output columns that do not match any object field will be filled with nulls. However, if base isn't NULL then the values it contains will be used for unmatched columns.

To convert a JSON value to the SQL type of an output column, the following rules are applied in sequence:

While the example below uses a constant JSON value, typical use would be to reference a json or jsonb column laterally from another table in the query's FROM clause. Writing json_populate_record in the FROM clause is good practice, since all of the extracted columns are available for use without duplicate function calls.

create type subrowtype as (d int, e text); create type myrowtype as (a int, b text[], c subrowtype);

select * from json_populate_record(null::myrowtype, '{"a": 1, "b": ["2", "a b"], "c": {"d": 4, "e": "a b c"}, "x": "foo"}') →

 a |   b       |      c
---+-----------+-------------
 1 | {2,"a b"} | (4,"a b c")

json_populate_recordset ( base anyelement, from_json json ) → setof anyelement

jsonb_populate_recordset ( base anyelement, from_json jsonb ) → setof anyelement

Expands the top-level JSON array of objects to a set of rows having the composite type of the base argument. Each element of the JSON array is processed as described above for json[b]_populate_record.

create type twoints as (a int, b int);

select * from json_populate_recordset(null::twoints, '[{"a":1,"b":2}, {"a":3,"b":4}]') →

 a | b
---+---
 1 | 2
 3 | 4

json_to_record ( json ) → record

jsonb_to_record ( jsonb ) → record

Expands the top-level JSON object to a row having the composite type defined by an AS clause. (As with all functions returning record, the calling query must explicitly define the structure of the record with an AS clause.) The output record is filled from fields of the JSON object, in the same way as described above for json[b]_populate_record. Since there is no input record value, unmatched columns are always filled with nulls.

create type myrowtype as (a int, b text);

select * from json_to_record('{"a":1,"b":[1,2,3],"c":[1,2,3],"e":"bar","r": {"a": 123, "b": "a b c"}}') as x(a int, b text, c int[], d text, r myrowtype) →

 a |    b    |    c    | d |       r
---+---------+---------+---+---------------
 1 | [1,2,3] | {1,2,3} |   | (123,"a b c")

json_to_recordset ( json ) → setof record

jsonb_to_recordset ( jsonb ) → setof record

Expands the top-level JSON array of objects to a set of rows having the composite type defined by an AS clause. (As with all functions returning record, the calling query must explicitly define the structure of the record with an AS clause.) Each element of the JSON array is processed as described above for json[b]_populate_record.

select * from json_to_recordset('[{"a":1,"b":"foo"}, {"a":"2","c":"bar"}]') as x(a int, b text) →

 a |  b
---+-----
 1 | foo
 2 |

jsonb_set ( target jsonb, path text[], new_value jsonb [, create_if_missing boolean ] ) → jsonb

Returns target with the item designated by path replaced by new_value, or with new_value added if create_if_missing is true (which is the default) and the item designated by path does not exist. All earlier steps in the path must exist, or the target is returned unchanged. As with the path oriented operators, negative integers that appear in the path count from the end of JSON arrays. If the last path step is an array index that is out of range, and create_if_missing is true, the new value is added at the beginning of the array if the index is negative, or at the end of the array if it is positive.

jsonb_set('[{"f1":1,"f2":null},2,null,3]', '{0,f1}', '[2,3,4]', false) → [{"f1": [2, 3, 4], "f2": null}, 2, null, 3]

jsonb_set('[{"f1":1,"f2":null},2]', '{0,f3}', '[2,3,4]') → [{"f1": 1, "f2": null, "f3": [2, 3, 4]}, 2]

jsonb_set_lax ( target jsonb, path text[], new_value jsonb [, create_if_missing boolean [, null_value_treatment text ]] ) → jsonb

If new_value is not NULL, behaves identically to jsonb_set. Otherwise behaves according to the value of null_value_treatment which must be one of 'raise_exception', 'use_json_null', 'delete_key', or 'return_target'. The default is 'use_json_null'.

jsonb_set_lax('[{"f1":1,"f2":null},2,null,3]', '{0,f1}', null) → [{"f1": null, "f2": null}, 2, null, 3]

jsonb_set_lax('[{"f1":99,"f2":null},2]', '{0,f3}', null, true, 'return_target') → [{"f1": 99, "f2": null}, 2]

jsonb_insert ( target jsonb, path text[], new_value jsonb [, insert_after boolean ] ) → jsonb

Returns target with new_value inserted. If the item designated by the path is an array element, new_value will be inserted before that item if insert_after is false (which is the default), or after it if insert_after is true. If the item designated by the path is an object field, new_value will be inserted only if the object does not already contain that key. All earlier steps in the path must exist, or the target is returned unchanged. As with the path oriented operators, negative integers that appear in the path count from the end of JSON arrays. If the last path step is an array index that is out of range, the new value is added at the beginning of the array if the index is negative, or at the end of the array if it is positive.

jsonb_insert('{"a": [0,1,2]}', '{a, 1}', '"new_value"') → {"a": [0, "new_value", 1, 2]}

jsonb_insert('{"a": [0,1,2]}', '{a, 1}', '"new_value"', true) → {"a": [0, 1, "new_value", 2]}

json_strip_nulls ( json ) → json

jsonb_strip_nulls ( jsonb ) → jsonb

Deletes all object fields that have null values from the given JSON value, recursively. Null values that are not object fields are untouched.

json_strip_nulls('[{"f1":1, "f2":null}, 2, null, 3]') → [{"f1":1},2,null,3]

jsonb_path_exists ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → boolean

Checks whether the JSON path returns any item for the specified JSON value. If the vars argument is specified, it must be a JSON object, and its fields provide named values to be substituted into the jsonpath expression. If the silent argument is specified and is true, the function suppresses the same errors as the @? and @@ operators do.

jsonb_path_exists('{"a":[1,2,3,4,5]}', '$.a[*] ? (@ >= $min && @ <= $max)', '{"min":2, "max":4}') → t

jsonb_path_match ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → boolean

Returns the result of a JSON path predicate check for the specified JSON value. Only the first item of the result is taken into account. If the result is not Boolean, then NULL is returned. The optional vars and silent arguments act the same as for jsonb_path_exists.

jsonb_path_match('{"a":[1,2,3,4,5]}', 'exists($.a[*] ? (@ >= $min && @ <= $max))', '{"min":2, "max":4}') → t

jsonb_path_query ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → setof jsonb

Returns all JSON items returned by the JSON path for the specified JSON value. The optional vars and silent arguments act the same as for jsonb_path_exists.

select * from jsonb_path_query('{"a":[1,2,3,4,5]}', '$.a[*] ? (@ >= $min && @ <= $max)', '{"min":2, "max":4}') →

 jsonb_path_query
------------------
 2
 3
 4

jsonb_path_query_array ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → jsonb

Returns all JSON items returned by the JSON path for the specified JSON value, as a JSON array. The optional vars and silent arguments act the same as for jsonb_path_exists.

jsonb_path_query_array('{"a":[1,2,3,4,5]}', '$.a[*] ? (@ >= $min && @ <= $max)', '{"min":2, "max":4}') → [2, 3, 4]

jsonb_path_query_first ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → jsonb

Returns the first JSON item returned by the JSON path for the specified JSON value. Returns NULL if there are no results. The optional vars and silent arguments act the same as for jsonb_path_exists.

jsonb_path_query_first('{"a":[1,2,3,4,5]}', '$.a[*] ? (@ >= $min && @ <= $max)', '{"min":2, "max":4}') → 2

jsonb_path_exists_tz ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → boolean

jsonb_path_match_tz ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → boolean

jsonb_path_query_tz ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → setof jsonb

jsonb_path_query_array_tz ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → jsonb

jsonb_path_query_first_tz ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → jsonb

These functions act like their counterparts described above without the _tz suffix, except that these functions support comparisons of date/time values that require timezone-aware conversions. The example below requires interpretation of the date-only value 2015-08-02 as a timestamp with time zone, so the result depends on the current TimeZone setting. Due to this dependency, these functions are marked as stable, which means these functions cannot be used in indexes. Their counterparts are immutable, and so can be used in indexes; but they will throw errors if asked to make such comparisons.

jsonb_path_exists_tz('["2015-08-01 12:00:00-05"]', '$[*] ? (@.datetime() < "2015-08-02".datetime())') → t

jsonb_pretty ( jsonb ) → text

Converts the given JSON value to pretty-printed, indented text.

jsonb_pretty('[{"f1":1,"f2":null}, 2]') →

[
    {
        "f1": 1,
        "f2": null
    },
    2
]

json_typeof ( json ) → text

jsonb_typeof ( jsonb ) → text

Returns the type of the top-level JSON value as a text string. Possible types are object, array, string, number, boolean, and null. (The null result should not be confused with an SQL NULL; see the examples.)

json_typeof('-123.4') → number

json_typeof('null'::json) → null

json_typeof(NULL::json) IS NULL → t

json ( expression [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ]] [ { WITH | WITHOUT } UNIQUE [ KEYS ]] [ RETURNING json_data_type ])

The expression can be any text type or a bytea in UTF8 encoding. If the expression is NULL, an SQL null value is returned. If WITH UNIQUE is specified, the expression must not contain any duplicate object keys.

json('{"a":123, "b":[true,"foo"], "a":"bar"}') → {"a":123, "b":[true,"foo"], "a":"bar"}

json('{"a":123,"b":[true,"foo"],"a":"bar"}' returning jsonb) → {"a": "bar", "b": [true, "foo"]}

json_scalar (expression [ RETURNING json_data_type ])

Returns a JSON scalar value representing expression. If the input is NULL, an SQL NULL is returned. If the input is a number or a boolean value, a corresponding JSON number or boolean value is returned. For any other value a JSON string is returned.

json_scalar(123.45) → 123.45

json_scalar(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) → "2022-05-10T10:51:04.62128-04:00"

json_object ( [ { key_expression { VALUE | ':' } value_expression [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] }[, ...] ] [ { NULL | ABSENT } ON NULL ] [ { WITH | WITHOUT } UNIQUE [ KEYS ] ] [ RETURNING data_type [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] ])

Constructs a JSON object of all the key value pairs given, or an empty object if none are given. key_expression is a scalar expression defining the JSON key, which is converted to the text type. It cannot be NULL nor can it belong to a type that has a cast to the json. If WITH UNIQUE is specified, there must not be any duplicate key_expression. If ABSENT ON NULL is specified, the entire pair is omitted if the value_expression is NULL.

json_object('code' VALUE 'P123', 'title': 'Jaws') → {"code" : "P123", "title" : "Jaws"}

json_objectagg ( [ { key_expression { VALUE | ':' } value_expression } ] [ { NULL | ABSENT } ON NULL ] [ { WITH | WITHOUT } UNIQUE [ KEYS ] ] [ RETURNING data_type [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] ])

Behaves like json_object above, but as an aggregate function, so it only takes one key_expression and one value_expression parameter.

SELECT json_objectagg(k:v) FROM (VALUES ('a'::text,current_date),('b',current_date + 1)) AS t(k,v) → { "a" : "2022-05-10", "b" : "2022-05-11" }

json_array ( [ { value_expression [ FORMAT JSON ] } [, ...] ] [ { NULL | ABSENT } ON NULL ] [ RETURNING data_type [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] ])

json_array ( [ query_expression ] [ RETURNING data_type [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] ])

Constructs a JSON array from either a series of value_expression parameters or from the results of query_expression, which must be a SELECT query returning a single column. If ABSENT ON NULL is specified, NULL values are ignored. This is always the case if a query_expression is used.

json_array(1,true,json '{"a":null}') → [1, true, {"a":null}]

json_array(SELECT * FROM (VALUES(1),(2)) t) → [1, 2]

json_arrayagg ( [ value_expression ] [ ORDER BY sort_expression ] [ { NULL | ABSENT } ON NULL ] [ RETURNING data_type [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] ])

Behaves in the same way as json_array but as an aggregate function so it only takes one value_expression parameter. If ABSENT ON NULL is specified, any NULL values are omitted. If ORDER BY is specified, the elements will appear in the array in that order rather than in the input order.

SELECT json_arrayagg(v) FROM (VALUES(2),(1)) t(v) → [2, 1]

expression IS [ NOT ] JSON [ { VALUE | SCALAR | ARRAY | OBJECT } ] [ { WITH | WITHOUT } UNIQUE [ KEYS ] ]

This predicate tests whether expression can be parsed as JSON, possibly of a specified type. If SCALAR or ARRAY or OBJECT is specified, the test is whether or not the JSON is of that particular type. If WITH UNIQUE is specified, then any object in the expression is also tested to see if it has duplicate keys.

SELECT js,
  js IS JSON "json?",
  js IS JSON SCALAR "scalar?",
  js IS JSON OBJECT "object?",
  js IS JSON ARRAY "array?"
FROM
(VALUES ('123'), ('"abc"'), ('{"a": "b"}'),
('[1,2]'),('abc')) foo(js);
     js     | json? | scalar? | object? | array?
------------+-------+---------+---------+--------
 123        | t     | t       | f       | f
 "abc"      | t     | t       | f       | f
 {"a": "b"} | t     | f       | t       | f
 [1,2]      | t     | f       | f       | t
 abc        | f     | f       | f       | f

json_serialize ( expression [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] [ RETURNING data_type [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] ])

Transforms an SQL/JSON value into a character or binary string. The expression can be of any JSON type, any character string type, or bytea in UTF8 encoding. The returned type can be any character string type or bytea. The default is text.

json_serialize('{ "a" : 1 } ' RETURNING bytea) → \x7b20226122203a2031207d20

json_exists ( context_item, path_expression [ PASSING { value AS varname } [, ...]] [ RETURNING data_type ] [ { TRUE | FALSE | UNKNOWN | ERROR } ON ERROR ])

Returns true if the SQL/JSON path_expression applied to the context_item using the values yields any items. The ON ERROR clause specifies what is returned if an error occurs. Note that if the path_expression is strict, an error is generated if it yields no items. The default value is UNKNOWN which causes a NULL result.

json_exists(jsonb '{"key1": [1,2,3]}', 'strict $.key1[*] ? (@ > 2)') → t

json_exists(jsonb '{"a": [1,2,3]}', 'lax $.a[5]' ERROR ON ERROR) → f

json_exists(jsonb '{"a": [1,2,3]}', 'strict $.a[5]' ERROR ON ERROR) → ERROR: jsonpath array subscript is out of bounds

json_value ( context_item, path_expression [ PASSING { value AS varname } [, ...]] [ RETURNING data_type ] [ { ERROR | NULL | DEFAULT expression } ON EMPTY ] [ { ERROR | NULL | DEFAULT expression } ON ERROR ])

Returns the result of applying the path_expression to the context_item using the values. The extracted value must be a single SQL/JSON scalar item. For results that are objects or arrays, use the json_query function instead. The returned data_type has the same semantics as for constructor functions like json_objectagg. The default returned type is text. The ON EMPTY clause specifies the behavior if the path_expression yields no value at all. The ON ERROR clause specifies the behavior if an error occurs as a result of jsonpath evaluation (including cast to the output type) or execution of ON EMPTY behavior (that was caused by empty result of jsonpath evaluation).

json_value(jsonb '"123.45"', '$' RETURNING float) → 123.45

json_value(jsonb '"03:04 2015-02-01"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI YYYY-MM-DD")' RETURNING date) → 2015-02-01

json_value(jsonb '[1,2]', 'strict $[*]' DEFAULT 9 ON ERROR) → 9

json_query ( context_item, path_expression [ PASSING { value AS varname } [, ...]] [ RETURNING data_type [ FORMAT JSON [ ENCODING UTF8 ] ] ] [ { WITHOUT | WITH { CONDITIONAL | [UNCONDITIONAL] } } [ ARRAY ] WRAPPER ] [ { KEEP | OMIT } QUOTES [ ON SCALAR STRING ] ] [ { ERROR | NULL | EMPTY { [ ARRAY ] | OBJECT } | DEFAULT expression } ON EMPTY ] [ { ERROR | NULL | EMPTY { [ ARRAY ] | OBJECT } | DEFAULT expression } ON ERROR ])

Returns the result of applying the path_expression to the context_item using the values. This function must return a JSON string, so if the path expression returns multiple SQL/JSON items, you must wrap the result using the WITH WRAPPER clause. If the wrapper is UNCONDITIONAL, an array wrapper will always be applied, even if the returned value is already a single JSON object or array, but if it is CONDITIONAL, it will not be applied to a single array or object. UNCONDITIONAL is the default. If the result is a scalar string, by default the value returned will have surrounding quotes making it a valid JSON value. However, this behavior is reversed if OMIT QUOTES is specified. The ON ERROR and ON EMPTY clauses have similar semantics to those clauses for json_value. The returned data_type has the same semantics as for constructor functions like json_objectagg. The default returned type is text.

json_query(jsonb '[1,[2,3],null]', 'lax $[*][1]' WITH CONDITIONAL WRAPPER) → [3]