Postgres json to view - json

Question

I have a table like this (with an jsonb column):
https://dbfiddle.uk/lGuHdHEJ
If I load this json with python into a dataframe:
import pandas as pd
import json
data={
"id": [1, 2],
"myyear": [2016, 2017],
"value": [5, 9]
}
data=json.dumps(data)
df=pd.read_json(data)
print (df)
I get this result:
id myyear value
0 1 2016 5
1 2 2017 9
How can a get this result directly from the json column via sql in a postgres view?

Answer 1

Note: This assumes that your id, my_year, and value array are consistent and have the same length.
This answer uses PostgresSQL's json_array_elements_text function to explode array elements to the rows.
select jsonb_array_elements_text(payload -> 'id') as "id",
jsonb_array_elements_text(payload -> 'bv_year') as "myyear",
jsonb_array_elements_text(payload -> 'value') as "value"
from main
And this gives the below output,
id myyear value
1 2016 5
2 2017 9
Although this is not the best design to store the properties in jsonb object and could lead to data inconsistencies later. If it's in your control I would suggest storing the data where each property's mapping is clear. Some suggestions,
You can instead have separate columns for each property.
If you want to store it as jsonb only then consider [{id: "", "year": "", "value": ""}]