-- Strings. SELECT '""'::json; -- OK. json ------ "" (1 row) SELECT $$''$$::json; -- ERROR, single quotes are not allowed ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT $$''$$::json; ^ DETAIL: Token "'" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: '... SELECT '"abc"'::json; -- OK json ------- "abc" (1 row) SELECT '"abc'::json; -- ERROR, quotes not closed ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '"abc'::json; ^ DETAIL: Token ""abc" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: "abc SELECT '"abc def"'::json; -- ERROR, unescaped newline in string constant ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '"abc ^ DETAIL: Character with value 0x0a must be escaped. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: "abc SELECT '"\n\"\\"'::json; -- OK, legal escapes json ---------- "\n\"\\" (1 row) SELECT '"\v"'::json; -- ERROR, not a valid JSON escape ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '"\v"'::json; ^ DETAIL: Escape sequence "\v" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: "\v... -- see json_encoding test for input with unicode escapes -- Numbers. SELECT '1'::json; -- OK json ------ 1 (1 row) SELECT '0'::json; -- OK json ------ 0 (1 row) SELECT '01'::json; -- ERROR, not valid according to JSON spec ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '01'::json; ^ DETAIL: Token "01" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: 01 SELECT '0.1'::json; -- OK json ------ 0.1 (1 row) SELECT '9223372036854775808'::json; -- OK, even though it's too large for int8 json --------------------- 9223372036854775808 (1 row) SELECT '1e100'::json; -- OK json ------- 1e100 (1 row) SELECT '1.3e100'::json; -- OK json --------- 1.3e100 (1 row) SELECT '1f2'::json; -- ERROR ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '1f2'::json; ^ DETAIL: Token "1f2" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: 1f2 SELECT '0.x1'::json; -- ERROR ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '0.x1'::json; ^ DETAIL: Token "0.x1" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: 0.x1 SELECT '1.3ex100'::json; -- ERROR ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '1.3ex100'::json; ^ DETAIL: Token "1.3ex100" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: 1.3ex100 -- Arrays. SELECT '[]'::json; -- OK json ------ [] (1 row) SELECT '[1,2]'::json; -- OK json ------- [1,2] (1 row) SELECT '[1,2,]'::json; -- ERROR, trailing comma ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '[1,2,]'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected JSON value, but found "]". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: [1,2,] SELECT '[1,2'::json; -- ERROR, no closing bracket ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '[1,2'::json; ^ DETAIL: The input string ended unexpectedly. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: [1,2 SELECT '[1,[2]'::json; -- ERROR, no closing bracket ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '[1,[2]'::json; ^ DETAIL: The input string ended unexpectedly. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: [1,[2] -- Objects. SELECT '{}'::json; -- OK json ------ {} (1 row) SELECT '{"abc"}'::json; -- ERROR, no value ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{"abc"}'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected ":", but found "}". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: {"abc"} SELECT '{"abc":1}'::json; -- OK json ----------- {"abc":1} (1 row) SELECT '{1:"abc"}'::json; -- ERROR, keys must be strings ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{1:"abc"}'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected string or "}", but found "1". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: {1... SELECT '{"abc",1}'::json; -- ERROR, wrong separator ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{"abc",1}'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected ":", but found ",". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: {"abc",... SELECT '{"abc"=1}'::json; -- ERROR, totally wrong separator ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{"abc"=1}'::json; ^ DETAIL: Token "=" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: {"abc"=... SELECT '{"abc"::1}'::json; -- ERROR, another wrong separator ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{"abc"::1}'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected JSON value, but found ":". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: {"abc"::... SELECT '{"abc":1,"def":2,"ghi":[3,4],"hij":{"klm":5,"nop":[6]}}'::json; -- OK json --------------------------------------------------------- {"abc":1,"def":2,"ghi":[3,4],"hij":{"klm":5,"nop":[6]}} (1 row) SELECT '{"abc":1:2}'::json; -- ERROR, colon in wrong spot ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{"abc":1:2}'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected "," or "}", but found ":". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: {"abc":1:... SELECT '{"abc":1,3}'::json; -- ERROR, no value ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{"abc":1,3}'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected string, but found "3". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: {"abc":1,3... -- Miscellaneous stuff. SELECT 'true'::json; -- OK json ------ true (1 row) SELECT 'false'::json; -- OK json ------- false (1 row) SELECT 'null'::json; -- OK json ------ null (1 row) SELECT ' true '::json; -- OK, even with extra whitespace json -------- true (1 row) SELECT 'true false'::json; -- ERROR, too many values ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT 'true false'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected end of input, but found "false". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: true false SELECT 'true, false'::json; -- ERROR, too many values ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT 'true, false'::json; ^ DETAIL: Expected end of input, but found ",". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: true,... SELECT 'truf'::json; -- ERROR, not a keyword ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT 'truf'::json; ^ DETAIL: Token "truf" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: truf SELECT 'trues'::json; -- ERROR, not a keyword ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT 'trues'::json; ^ DETAIL: Token "trues" is invalid. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: trues SELECT ''::json; -- ERROR, no value ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT ''::json; ^ DETAIL: The input string ended unexpectedly. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: SELECT ' '::json; -- ERROR, no value ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT ' '::json; ^ DETAIL: The input string ended unexpectedly. CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: SELECT '{ "one": 1, "two":,"two", -- ERROR extraneous comma before field "two" "three": true}'::json; ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{ ^ DETAIL: Expected JSON value, but found ",". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 3: "two":,... SELECT '{ "one": 1, "two":"two", "averyveryveryveryveryveryveryveryveryverylongfieldname":}'::json; ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json LINE 1: SELECT '{ ^ DETAIL: Expected JSON value, but found "}". CONTEXT: JSON data, line 4: ...yveryveryveryveryveryveryveryverylongfieldname":} -- ERROR missing value for last field --constructors -- array_to_json SELECT array_to_json(array(select 1 as a)); array_to_json --------------- [1] (1 row) SELECT array_to_json(array_agg(x),false) from generate_series(5,10) x; array_to_json ---------------- [5,6,7,8,9,10] (1 row) SELECT array_to_json('{{1,5},{99,100}}'::int[]); array_to_json ------------------ [[1,5],[99,100]] (1 row) BEGIN; SET LOCAL TIME ZONE 10.5; SET LOCAL TIME ZONE -8; COMMIT; -- non-numeric output SELECT row_to_json(q) FROM (SELECT 'NaN'::float8 AS "float8field") q; row_to_json ----------------------- {"float8field":"NaN"} (1 row) SELECT row_to_json(q) FROM (SELECT 'Infinity'::float8 AS "float8field") q; row_to_json ---------------------------- {"float8field":"Infinity"} (1 row) SELECT row_to_json(q) FROM (SELECT '-Infinity'::float8 AS "float8field") q; row_to_json ----------------------------- {"float8field":"-Infinity"} (1 row) -- json input SELECT row_to_json(q) FROM (SELECT '{"a":1,"b": [2,3,4,"d","e","f"],"c":{"p":1,"q":2}}'::json AS "jsonfield") q; row_to_json ------------------------------------------------------------------ {"jsonfield":{"a":1,"b": [2,3,4,"d","e","f"],"c":{"p":1,"q":2}}} (1 row) -- json extraction functions CREATE TEMP TABLE test_json ( json_type text, test_json json ); INSERT INTO test_json VALUES ('scalar','"a scalar"'), ('array','["zero", "one","two",null,"four","five", [1,2,3],{"f1":9}]'), ('object','{"field1":"val1","field2":"val2","field3":null, "field4": 4, "field5": [1,2,3], "field6": {"f1":9}}'); SELECT test_json -> 'x' FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'scalar'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) SELECT test_json -> 'x' FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'array'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) SELECT test_json -> 'x' FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'object'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) SELECT test_json->'field2' FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'object'; ?column? ---------- "val2" (1 row) SELECT test_json->>'field2' FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'object'; ?column? ---------- val2 (1 row) SELECT test_json -> 2 FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'scalar'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) SELECT test_json -> 2 FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'array'; ?column? ---------- "two" (1 row) SELECT test_json -> -1 FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'array'; ?column? ---------- {"f1":9} (1 row) SELECT test_json -> 2 FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'object'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) SELECT test_json->>2 FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'array'; ?column? ---------- two (1 row) SELECT test_json ->> 6 FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'array'; ?column? ---------- [1,2,3] (1 row) SELECT test_json ->> 7 FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'array'; ?column? ---------- {"f1":9} (1 row) SELECT test_json ->> 'field4' FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'object'; ?column? ---------- 4 (1 row) SELECT test_json ->> 'field5' FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'object'; ?column? ---------- [1,2,3] (1 row) SELECT test_json ->> 'field6' FROM test_json WHERE json_type = 'object'; ?column? ---------- {"f1":9} (1 row) -- nulls select (test_json->'field3') is null as expect_false from test_json where json_type = 'object'; expect_false -------------- f (1 row) select (test_json->>'field3') is null as expect_true from test_json where json_type = 'object'; expect_true ------------- t (1 row) select (test_json->3) is null as expect_false from test_json where json_type = 'array'; expect_false -------------- f (1 row) select (test_json->>3) is null as expect_true from test_json where json_type = 'array'; expect_true ------------- t (1 row) -- corner cases select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json -> null::text; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json -> null::int; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json -> 1; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json -> -1; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json -> 'z'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json -> ''; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '[{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]'::json -> 1; ?column? ------------- {"b": "cc"} (1 row) select '[{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]'::json -> 3; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '[{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]'::json -> 'z'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": "c", "b": null}'::json -> 'b'; ?column? ---------- null (1 row) select '"foo"'::json -> 1; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '"foo"'::json -> 'z'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json ->> null::text; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json ->> null::int; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json ->> 1; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json ->> 'z'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": [{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]}'::json ->> ''; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '[{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]'::json ->> 1; ?column? ------------- {"b": "cc"} (1 row) select '[{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]'::json ->> 3; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '[{"b": "c"}, {"b": "cc"}]'::json ->> 'z'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '{"a": "c", "b": null}'::json ->> 'b'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '"foo"'::json ->> 1; ?column? ---------- (1 row) select '"foo"'::json ->> 'z'; ?column? ---------- (1 row) -- array length SELECT json_array_length('[1,2,3,{"f1":1,"f2":[5,6]},4]'); json_array_length ------------------- 5 (1 row) SELECT json_array_length('[]'); json_array_length ------------------- 0 (1 row) SELECT json_array_length('{"f1":1,"f2":[5,6]}'); ERROR: cannot get array length of a non-array SELECT json_array_length('4'); ERROR: cannot get array length of a scalar select * from json_each('{"f1":[1,2,3],"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":null,"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}') q; key | value -----+----------- f1 | [1,2,3] f2 | {"f3":1} f4 | null f5 | 99 f6 | "stringy" (5 rows) select * from json_each_text('{"f1":[1,2,3],"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":null,"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}') q; key | value -----+---------- f1 | [1,2,3] f2 | {"f3":1} f4 | f5 | 99 f6 | stringy (5 rows) -- extract_path, extract_path_as_text select json_extract_path('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}}','f4','f6'); json_extract_path ------------------- "stringy" (1 row) select json_extract_path('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}}','f2'); json_extract_path ------------------- {"f3":1} (1 row) select json_extract_path('{"f2":["f3",1],"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}}','f2',0::text); json_extract_path ------------------- "f3" (1 row) select json_extract_path('{"f2":["f3",1],"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}}','f2',1::text); json_extract_path ------------------- 1 (1 row) select json_extract_path_text('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}}','f4','f6'); json_extract_path_text ------------------------ stringy (1 row) select json_extract_path_text('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}}','f2'); json_extract_path_text ------------------------ {"f3":1} (1 row) select json_extract_path_text('{"f2":["f3",1],"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}}','f2',0::text); json_extract_path_text ------------------------ f3 (1 row) select json_extract_path_text('{"f2":["f3",1],"f4":{"f5":99,"f6":"stringy"}}','f2',1::text); json_extract_path_text ------------------------ 1 (1 row) -- extract_path nulls select json_extract_path('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":{"f5":null,"f6":"stringy"}}','f4','f5') is null as expect_false; expect_false -------------- f (1 row) select json_extract_path_text('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":{"f5":null,"f6":"stringy"}}','f4','f5') is null as expect_true; expect_true ------------- t (1 row) select json_extract_path('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":[0,1,2,null]}','f4','3') is null as expect_false; expect_false -------------- f (1 row) select json_extract_path_text('{"f2":{"f3":1},"f4":[0,1,2,null]}','f4','3') is null as expect_true; expect_true ------------- t (1 row) select * from json_array_elements('[1,true,[1,[2,3]],null,{"f1":1,"f2":[7,8,9]},false,"stringy"]') q; value ----------------------- 1 true [1,[2,3]] null {"f1":1,"f2":[7,8,9]} false "stringy" (7 rows) select * from json_array_elements_text('[1,true,[1,[2,3]],null,{"f1":1,"f2":[7,8,9]},false,"stringy"]') q; value ----------------------- 1 true [1,[2,3]] {"f1":1,"f2":[7,8,9]} false stringy (7 rows) -- test type info caching in json_populate_record() CREATE TEMP TABLE jspoptest (js json); INSERT INTO jspoptest SELECT '{ "jsa": [1, "2", null, 4], "rec": {"a": "abc", "c": "01.02.2003", "x": 43.2}, "reca": [{"a": "abc", "b": 456}, null, {"c": "01.02.2003", "x": 43.2}] }'::json FROM generate_series(1, 3); --json_typeof() function select value, json_typeof(value) from (values (json '123.4'), (json '-1'), (json '"foo"'), (json 'true'), (json 'false'), (json 'null'), (json '[1, 2, 3]'), (json '[]'), (json '{"x":"foo", "y":123}'), (json '{}'), (NULL::json)) as data(value); value | json_typeof ----------------------+------------- 123.4 | number -1 | number "foo" | string true | boolean false | boolean null | null [1, 2, 3] | array [] | array {"x":"foo", "y":123} | object {} | object | (11 rows) -- json_build_array, json_build_object, json_object_agg SELECT json_build_array('a',1,'b',1.2,'c',true,'d',null,'e',json '{"x": 3, "y": [1,2,3]}'); json_build_array ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ["a", 1, "b", 1.2, "c", true, "d", null, "e", {"x": 3, "y": [1,2,3]}] (1 row) SELECT json_build_array('a', NULL); -- ok json_build_array ------------------ ["a", null] (1 row) SELECT json_build_object('a',1,'b',1.2,'c',true,'d',null,'e',json '{"x": 3, "y": [1,2,3]}'); json_build_object ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- {"a" : 1, "b" : 1.2, "c" : true, "d" : null, "e" : {"x": 3, "y": [1,2,3]}} (1 row) SELECT json_build_object('{a,b,c}'::text[]); -- error ERROR: argument list must have even number of elements HINT: The arguments of json_build_object() must consist of alternating keys and values. SELECT json_build_object('{a,b,c}'::text[], '{d,e,f}'::text[]); -- error, key cannot be array ERROR: key value must be scalar, not array, composite, or json SELECT json_build_object('a', 'b', 'c'); -- error ERROR: argument list must have even number of elements HINT: The arguments of json_build_object() must consist of alternating keys and values. SELECT json_build_object(NULL, 'a'); -- error, key cannot be NULL ERROR: argument 1 cannot be null HINT: Object keys should be text. SELECT json_build_object('a', NULL); -- ok json_build_object ------------------- {"a" : null} (1 row) -- empty objects/arrays SELECT json_build_array(); json_build_array ------------------ [] (1 row) SELECT json_build_object(); json_build_object ------------------- {} (1 row) -- make sure keys are quoted SELECT json_build_object(1,2); json_build_object ------------------- {"1" : 2} (1 row) -- keys must be scalar and not null SELECT json_build_object(null,2); ERROR: argument 1 cannot be null HINT: Object keys should be text. SELECT json_build_object(r,2) FROM (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b) r; ERROR: key value must be scalar, not array, composite, or json SELECT json_build_object(json '{"a":1,"b":2}', 3); ERROR: key value must be scalar, not array, composite, or json SELECT json_build_object('{1,2,3}'::int[], 3); ERROR: key value must be scalar, not array, composite, or json CREATE TEMP TABLE foo (serial_num int, name text, type text); INSERT INTO foo VALUES (847001,'t15','GE1043'); INSERT INTO foo VALUES (847002,'t16','GE1043'); INSERT INTO foo VALUES (847003,'sub-alpha','GESS90'); SELECT json_build_object('turbines',json_object_agg(serial_num,json_build_object('name',name,'type',type))) FROM foo; json_build_object ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {"turbines" : { "847001" : {"name" : "t15", "type" : "GE1043"}, "847002" : {"name" : "t16", "type" : "GE1043"}, "847003" : {"name" : "sub-alpha", "type" : "GESS90"} }} (1 row) SELECT json_object_agg(name, type) FROM foo; json_object_agg ---------------------------------------------------------------- { "t15" : "GE1043", "t16" : "GE1043", "sub-alpha" : "GESS90" } (1 row) INSERT INTO foo VALUES (999999, NULL, 'bar'); SELECT json_object_agg(name, type) FROM foo; ERROR: field name must not be null -- json_object -- empty object, one dimension SELECT json_object('{}'); json_object ------------- {} (1 row) -- empty object, two dimensions SELECT json_object('{}', '{}'); json_object ------------- {} (1 row) -- one dimension SELECT json_object('{a,1,b,2,3,NULL,"d e f","a b c"}'); json_object ------------------------------------------------------- {"a" : "1", "b" : "2", "3" : null, "d e f" : "a b c"} (1 row) -- same but with two dimensions SELECT json_object('{{a,1},{b,2},{3,NULL},{"d e f","a b c"}}'); json_object ------------------------------------------------------- {"a" : "1", "b" : "2", "3" : null, "d e f" : "a b c"} (1 row) -- odd number error SELECT json_object('{a,b,c}'); ERROR: array must have even number of elements -- one column error SELECT json_object('{{a},{b}}'); ERROR: array must have two columns -- too many columns error SELECT json_object('{{a,b,c},{b,c,d}}'); ERROR: array must have two columns -- too many dimensions error SELECT json_object('{{{a,b},{c,d}},{{b,c},{d,e}}}'); ERROR: wrong number of array subscripts --two argument form of json_object select json_object('{a,b,c,"d e f"}','{1,2,3,"a b c"}'); json_object ------------------------------------------------------ {"a" : "1", "b" : "2", "c" : "3", "d e f" : "a b c"} (1 row) -- too many dimensions SELECT json_object('{{a,1},{b,2},{3,NULL},{"d e f","a b c"}}', '{{a,1},{b,2},{3,NULL},{"d e f","a b c"}}'); ERROR: wrong number of array subscripts -- mismatched dimensions select json_object('{a,b,c,"d e f",g}','{1,2,3,"a b c"}'); ERROR: mismatched array dimensions select json_object('{a,b,c,"d e f"}','{1,2,3,"a b c",g}'); ERROR: mismatched array dimensions -- null key error select json_object('{a,b,NULL,"d e f"}','{1,2,3,"a b c"}'); ERROR: null value not allowed for object key -- empty key is allowed select json_object('{a,b,"","d e f"}','{1,2,3,"a b c"}'); json_object ----------------------------------------------------- {"a" : "1", "b" : "2", "" : "3", "d e f" : "a b c"} (1 row) -- json_strip_nulls select json_strip_nulls(null); json_strip_nulls ------------------ (1 row) select json_strip_nulls('1'); json_strip_nulls ------------------ 1 (1 row) select json_strip_nulls('"a string"'); json_strip_nulls ------------------ "a string" (1 row) select json_strip_nulls('null'); json_strip_nulls ------------------ null (1 row) select json_strip_nulls('[1,2,null,3,4]'); json_strip_nulls ------------------ [1,2,null,3,4] (1 row) select json_strip_nulls('{"a":1,"b":null,"c":[2,null,3],"d":{"e":4,"f":null}}'); json_strip_nulls ------------------------------------ {"a":1,"c":[2,null,3],"d":{"e":4}} (1 row) select json_strip_nulls('[1,{"a":1,"b":null,"c":2},3]'); json_strip_nulls --------------------- [1,{"a":1,"c":2},3] (1 row) -- an empty object is not null and should not be stripped select json_strip_nulls('{"a": {"b": null, "c": null}, "d": {} }'); json_strip_nulls ------------------ {"a":{},"d":{}} (1 row)