Postgres Build Complex JSON Object from Wide Column Like Design to Key Value - sql

Question

I could really use some help here before my mind explodes...
Given the following data structure:
SELECT * FROM (VALUES (1, 1, 1, 1), (2, 2, 2, 2)) AS t(day, apple, banana, orange);
day | apple | banana | orange
-----+-------+--------+--------
1 | 1 | 1 | 1
2 | 2 | 2 | 2
I want to construct a JSON object which looks like the following:
{
"data": [
{
"day": 1,
"fruits": [
{
"key": "apple",
"value": 1
},
{
"key": "banana",
"value": 1
},
{
"key": "orange",
"value": 1
}
]
}
]
}
Maybe I am not so far away from my goal:
SELECT json_build_object(
'data', json_agg(
json_build_object(
'day', t.day,
'fruits', t)
)
) FROM (VALUES (1, 1, 1, 1), (2, 2, 2, 2)) AS t(day, apple, banana, orange);
Results in:
{
"data": [
{
"day": 1,
"fruits": {
"day": 1,
"apple": 1,
"banana": 1,
"orange": 1
}
}
]
}
I know that there is json_each which may do the trick. But I am struggling to apply it to the query.
Edit:
This is my updated query which, I guess, is pretty close. I have dropped the thought to solve it with json_each. Now I only have to return an array of fruits instead appending to the fruits object:
SELECT json_build_object(
'data', json_agg(
json_build_object(
'day', t.day,
'fruits', json_build_object(
'key', 'apple',
'value', t.apple,
'key', 'banana',
'value', t.banana,
'key', 'orange',
'value', t.orange
)
)
)
) FROM (VALUES (1, 1, 1, 1), (2, 2, 2, 2)) AS t(day, apple, banana, orange);
Would I need to add a subquery to prevent a nested aggregate function?

Answer 1

Use the function jsonb_each() to get pairs (key, value), so you do not have to know the number of columns and their names to get a proper output:
select jsonb_build_object('data', jsonb_agg(to_jsonb(s) order by day))
from (
select day, jsonb_agg(jsonb_build_object('key', key, 'value', value)) as fruits
from (
values (1, 1, 1, 1), (2, 2, 2, 2)
) as t(day, apple, banana, orange),
jsonb_each(to_jsonb(t)- 'day')
group by 1
) s;
The above query gives this object:
{
"data": [
{
"day": 1,
"fruits": [
{
"key": "apple",
"value": 1
},
{
"key": "banana",
"value": 1
},
{
"key": "orange",
"value": 1
}
]
},
{
"day": 2,
"fruits": [
{
"key": "apple",
"value": 2
},
{
"key": "banana",
"value": 2
},
{
"key": "orange",
"value": 2
}
]
}
]
}