distinctJSONPaths

Introduced in: v24.9

Calculates a list of distinct paths stored in a JSON column.

Syntax

distinctJSONPaths(json)

Arguments

json — JSON column. JSON

Returned value

Returns the sorted list of paths. Array(String)

Examples

Basic usage with nested JSON

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_json;
CREATE TABLE test_json(json JSON) ENGINE = Memory;
INSERT INTO test_json VALUES ('{"a" : 42, "b" : "Hello"}'), ('{"b" : [1, 2, 3], "c" : {"d" : {"e" : "2020-01-01"}}}'), ('{"a" : 43, "c" : {"d" : {"f" : [{"g" : 42}]}}}');

SELECT distinctJSONPaths(json) FROM test_json;

┌─distinctJSONPaths(json)───┐
│ ['a','b','c.d.e','c.d.f'] │
└───────────────────────────┘

With declared JSON paths

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_json;
CREATE TABLE test_json(json JSON) ENGINE = Memory;
INSERT INTO test_json VALUES ('{"a" : 42, "b" : "Hello"}'), ('{"b" : [1, 2, 3], "c" : {"d" : {"e" : "2020-01-01"}}}'), ('{"a" : 43, "c" : {"d" : {"f" : [{"g" : 42}]}}}')

SELECT distinctJSONPaths(json) FROM test_json;

┌─distinctJSONPaths(json)─┐
│ ['a','b','c']           │
└─────────────────────────┘

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