Delete json block with jq command - json

Question

I have json file with multiple domains which is formated as is showed below. How can I delete whole blocks with domains? For example if I will want to delete whole block in json for domain domain.tld?
I tryed this, but output is error:
jq '."http-01"."domain"[]."main"="domain.tld"' acme.json
jq: error (at acme.json:11483): Cannot iterate over null (null)
formating example file:
{
"http-01": {
"Account": {
"Email": "mail#placeholder.tld",
"Registration": {
"body": {
"status": "valid",
"contact": [
"mailto:mail#placeholder.tld"
]
},
"uri": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/110801506"
},
"PrivateKey": "main_priv_key_string",
"KeyType": "4096"
},
"Certificates": [
{
"domain": {
"main": "www.some_domain.tld"
},
"certificate": "cert_string",
"key": "key_string",
"Store": "default"
},
{
"domain": {
"main": "some_domain.tld"
},
"certificate": "cert_string",
"key": "key_string",
"Store": "default"
},
{
"domain": {
"main": "www.some_domain2.tld"
},
"certificate": "cert_string",
"key": "key_string",
"Store": "default"
},
{
"domain": {
"main": "some_domain2.tld"
},
"certificate": "cert_string",
"key": "key_string",
"Store": "default"
}
]
}
}

Answer 1

To delete domain block "www.some_domain.tld" :
jq '."http-01".Certificates |= map(select(.domain.main != "www.some_domain.tld"))' input.json

Answer 2

Your question is quite broad. What is a "block"?
Let's assume you want to delete from within the object under http-01 each field that is of type array and has at index 0 an object satisfying .domain.main == "domain.tld". Then first navigate to where you want to delete from, and update it (|=) using del and select which performs the filtered deletion.
jq '
."http-01" |= del(
.[] | select(arrays[0] | objects.domain.main == "domain.tld")
)
' acme.json
{
"http-01": {
"Account": {
"Email": "email#domain.tld",
"Registration": {
"body": {
"status": "valid",
"contact": [
"mailto:email#domain.tld"
]
},
"uri": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/110801506"
},
"PrivateKey": "long_key_string",
"KeyType": "4096"
}
}
}
Demo
If your "block" is deeper, go deeper before updating. If it is higher, the whole document for instance, there's no need to update, just start with del.