PostgresSQL nested jsonb update value of complex key/value pairs - postgresql

Question

Starting out with JSONB data type and I'm hoping someone can help me out.
I have a table (properties) with two columns (id as primary key and data as jsonb).
The data structure is:
{
"ProductType": "ABC",
"ProductName": "XYZ",
"attributes": [
{
"name": "Color",
"type": "STRING",
"value": "Silver"
},
{
"name": "Case",
"type": "STRING",
"value": "Shells"
},
...
]
}
I would like to update the value of a specific attributes element by name for a row with a given id. For example, for the element with "name"="Case" change the value to "Glass". So it ends up like
{
"ProductType": "ABC",
"ProductName": "XYZ",
"attributes": [
{
"name": "Color",
"type": "STRING",
"value": "Silver"
},
{
"name": "Case",
"type": "STRING",
"value": "Glass"
},
...
]
}
Is this possible with this structure using SQL?
I have created table structure if any of you would like to give it a shot.
dbfiddle

Answer 1

Use the jsonb concatenation operator, ||, to replace keys on the fly:
WITH properties (id, data) AS (
values
(1, '{"ProductType": "ABC","ProductName": "XYZ","attributes": [{"name": "Color","type": "STRING","value": "Silver"},{"name": "Case","type": "STRING","value": "Shells"}]}'::jsonb),
(2, '{"ProductType": "ABC","ProductName": "XYZ","attributes": [{"name": "Color","type": "STRING","value": "Red"},{"name": "Case","type": "STRING","value": "Shells"}]}'::jsonb)
)
SELECT id,
data||
jsonb_build_object(
'attributes',
jsonb_agg(
case
when attribs->>'name' = 'Case' then attribs||'{"value": "Glass"}'::jsonb
else attribs
end
)
) as data
FROM properties m
CROSS JOIN LATERAL JSONB_ARRAY_ELEMENTS(data->'attributes') as a(attribs)
GROUP BY id, data
Updated fiddle