Need help parsing json output with jq for a complex json - jq

Question

For the below JSON, I need the result.id and result.name output using jq for the ones having
authorization.roles[].name == "Supervisor"
What is the command for jq to to that ? For the below json we expect 1231 id and name AAAA alone as output as that only has Supervisor as role
{
"results": [{
"id": "1231",
"name": "AAAA",
"div": {
"id": "AAA",
"name": "DDSAA",
"selfUri": ""
},
"chat": {
"jabberId": "nn"
},
"department": "Shared Services Organization",
"email": "Test#gmail.com",
"primaryContactInfo": [{
"address": "Test#gmail.com",
"mediaType": "EMAIL",
"type": "PRIMARY"
}],
"addresses": [],
"state": "active",
"title": "AAA",
"username": "Test#gmail.com",
"version": 27,
"authorization": {
"roles": [{
"id": "01256689-c5ed-43a5-b370-58522402830d",
"name": "AA"
}, {
"id": "1e65b009-9f8f-4eef-9844-83944002c095",
"name": "BBB"
}, {
"id": "8a19f1ff-40e5-45d2-b758-14550a173323",
"name": "CCC"
}, {
"id": "d02250e2-7071-46bf-885b-43edff2d88a6",
"name": "Supervisor"
}]
}
}, {
"id": "1255",
"name": "BBBB",
"div": {
"id": "AAA",
"name": "DDSAA",
"selfUri": ""
},
"chat": {
"jabberId": "nn"
},
"department": "Shared Services Organization",
"email": "Test#gmail.com",
"primaryContactInfo": [{
"address": "Test#gmail.com",
"mediaType": "EMAIL",
"type": "PRIMARY"
}],
"addresses": [],
"state": "active",
"title": "AAA",
"username": "Test#gmail.com",
"version": 27,
"authorization": {
"roles": [{
"id": "01256689-c5ed-43a5-b370-58522402830d",
"name": "AA"
}, {
"id": "1e65b009-9f8f-4eef-9844-83944002c095",
"name": "BBB"
}, {
"id": "8a19f1ff-40e5-45d2-b758-14550a173323",
"name": "CCC"
}, {
"id": "d02250e2-7071-46bf-885b-43edff2d88a6",
"name": "Tester"
}]
}
}]
}

Answer 1

Don't put commas before closing brackets or curly braces (it's not valid JSON). Your input should look like this:
{
"results": [
{
"id": "1231",
"name": "AAAA",
"div": {
"id": "AAA",
"name": "DDSAA",
"selfUri": ""
},
"chat": {
"jabberId": "nn"
},
"department": "Shared Services Organization",
"email": "Test#gmail.com",
"primaryContactInfo": [
{
"address": "Test#gmail.com",
"mediaType": "EMAIL",
"type": "PRIMARY"
}
],
"addresses": [],
"state": "active",
"title": "AAA",
"username": "Test#gmail.com",
"version": 27,
"authorization": {
"roles": [
{
"id": "01256689-c5ed-43a5-b370-58522402830d",
"name": "AA"
},
{
"id": "1e65b009-9f8f-4eef-9844-83944002c095",
"name": "BBB"
},
{
"id": "8a19f1ff-40e5-45d2-b758-14550a173323",
"name": "CCC"
},
{
"id": "d02250e2-7071-46bf-885b-43edff2d88a6",
"name": "Supervisor"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "1255",
"name": "BBBB",
"div": {
"id": "AAA",
"name": "DDSAA",
"selfUri": ""
},
"chat": {
"jabberId": "nn"
},
"department": "Shared Services Organization",
"email": "Test#gmail.com",
"primaryContactInfo": [
{
"address": "Test#gmail.com",
"mediaType": "EMAIL",
"type": "PRIMARY"
}
],
"addresses": [],
"state": "active",
"title": "AAA",
"username": "Test#gmail.com",
"version": 27,
"authorization": {
"roles": [
{
"id": "01256689-c5ed-43a5-b370-58522402830d",
"name": "AA"
},
{
"id": "1e65b009-9f8f-4eef-9844-83944002c095",
"name": "BBB"
},
{
"id": "8a19f1ff-40e5-45d2-b758-14550a173323",
"name": "CCC"
},
{
"id": "d02250e2-7071-46bf-885b-43edff2d88a6",
"name": "Tester"
}
]
}
}
]
}
Then, you can use select to narrow down your target objects (here using any to check if at least one of the role names matches your string -- thx #ikegami), then output any part of the resulting object(s):
jq '
.results[]
| select(any(.authorization.roles[]; .name == "Supervisor"))
| {id, name}
'
{
"id": "1231",
"name": "AAAA"
}
Demo
If instead of a JSON output you need raw text, use the -r (or --raw-output) flag, and provide the fields you are interested in:
jq -r '
.results[]
| select(any(.authorization.roles[]; .name == "Supervisor"))
| .id, .name
'
1231
AAAA
Demo