jsonb_path_query_first()

Returns the first JSON item returned by the JSON path for the specified JSON value, or NULL if there are no results. The parameters are the same as for jsonb_path_query.

Signature

jsonb_path_query_first ( target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb [, silent boolean ]] ) → jsonb

Examples

SELECT jsonb_path_query_first('{"a":[1,2,3,4,5]}', '$.a[*] ? (@ >= $min && @ <= $max)', '{"min":2, "max":4}');
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Run against PostgreSQL 18.6 on 2026-09-13. This is the output we got, not the documentation’s.

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