Search for a value in a JSON field in MYSQL - mysql

Question

I am trying to understand the "new" MYSQL JSON field.
I have this table:
id (int-11, not_null, auto_inc)
customer_id (int-11, not null)
labels (json)
With this data:
id: 1
customer_id: 1
labels: [{"isnew": "no", "tagname": "FOO", "category": "CAT_1", "isdeleted": "no"}, {"isnew": "yes", "tagname": "BAR", "category": "CAT_2", "isdeleted": "no"}]
JSON beautify
[
{
"tagname": "FOO",
"category": "CAT_1",
"isnew": "no",
"isdeleted": "no"
},
{
"tagname": "BAR",
"category": "CAT_2",
"isnew": "yes",
"isdeleted": "no"
}
]
And now I want to SELECT all the customers (by customer_id) in the table that have a specific category and a specific tagname
I tried this one:
SELECT * FROM labels_customers_json
WHERE JSON_SEARCH(labels, 'all', 'BAR') IS NOT NULL
But this is not what I want. This one is searching in every json attribute.
I have seen some examples of JSON_EXTRACT:
SELECT * FROM `e_store`.`products`
WHERE
`category_id` = 1
AND JSON_EXTRACT(`attributes` , '$.ports.usb') > 0
AND JSON_EXTRACT(`attributes` , '$.ports.hdmi') > 0;
SELECT c, c->"$.id", g, n
FROM jemp
WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.id") > 1
ORDER BY c->"$.name";
So I tried this
SELECT * FROM labels_customers_json
WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(labels, '$.tagname') = 'BAR'
SELECT labels, JSON_EXTRACT(labels, "$.customer_id"), customer_id
FROM labels_customers_json
WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(labels, "$.customer_id") > 0

Answer 1

You could probably try using SELECT * FROM labels_customers_json WHERE JSON_SEARCH(labels, 'all', "BAR", NULL, "$[*].tagname") is not null - although i cannot say if that is the best way to perform this query.

Answer 2

You can use JSON_SEARCH to search on a specific path too. So you can use the following query:
SELECT *
FROM labels_customers_json
WHERE JSON_SEARCH(labels, 'all', 'BAR', NULL, '$[*].tagname') IS NOT NULL
You can also use JSON_EXTRACT and JSON_CONTAINS together:
SELECT *
FROM labels_customers_json
WHERE JSON_CONTAINS(JSON_EXTRACT(labels, '$[*].tagname'), '["BAR"]') > 0;
You can also use only JSON_CONTAINS to check:
SELECT *
FROM labels_customers_json
WHERE JSON_CONTAINS(labels, '{"tagname":"BAR"}') > 0;
demos: https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/rufrThAQPfXHrK9YyibFSm/2