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Remove objects from json subarray of array


I have a table:

create table public.config
(
    id         text                                   not null,
    payload    json                                   not null,
    updated_at timestamp with time zone default now() not null
);

and the json field has the following structure:

{
    "QuestsCommon":
    [
        {
            "QuestType": "Standard",
            "RotationQuestsList": []
        },
        {
            "QuestType": "Daily", 👈️ need to remove elements from subarray ("RotationQuestsList") where  "QuestType" == "Daily"
            "RotationQuestsList":
            [
                {
                    "QuestId": "1", 👈️ need to remove array's element with "QuestId" == 1
                    "GroupId": "Reusable",
                    "Enabled": false
                },
                {
                    "QuestId": "2",
                    "GroupId": "Reusable",
                    "Enabled": false
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "QuestType": "Weekly",
            "RotationQuestsList": []
        },
        {
            "QuestType": "Challenge",
            "RotationQuestsList":
            [
                {
                    "QuestId": "Lucky",
                    "GroupId": "Regular",
                    "Enabled": true
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

I'd to write a query that removes object's from the subarray (RotationQuestsList ) of the QuestsCommon array by QuestType of the parent array and QuestId of the subarray (QuestId == 1, for example).

I found answers like Remove nested json object from array in postgres and How to remove object from json array?, but stuck anyway...


Solution

  • WITH updated_quests_common AS(
        SELECT id, json_agg(
            CASE WHEN element->>'QuestType' != 'Daily' THEN element
            ELSE json_build_object('QuestType', 'Daily', 'RotationQuestsList', (
                SELECT json_agg(inner_element) FROM json_array_elements((element->>'RotationQuestsList')::json) AS inner_element
                WHERE (inner_element->>'QuestId')::int != 1
            )) -- this json_build_object need additional work if you have more keys than you provide
            END
        ) quests_common
        FROM config,
             json_array_elements((payload->>'QuestsCommon')::json) AS element
        GROUP BY id
    )
    UPDATE config SET payload = (payload::jsonb || jsonb_build_object('QuestsCommon', updated_quests_common.quests_common))::json
    FROM updated_quests_common
    WHERE config.id = updated_quests_common.id;
    

    Edit: forgot about second condition (need to remove array's element with "QuestId" == 1), hope someone can simplify this.