jq delete nested entries matching one of multiple strings

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I'm trying to use jq to edit a composer.json file between development and production.

I've got to the point where I can select the items that I want to remove, but I can't figure out how to turn that into a delete statement.

Also - the only way I could get the select working is to use to_entries, which then breaks the structure of the require selection.

Any help would be appreciated!

composer.json (trimmed for a shorter post):

{
    "name": "laravel/laravel",
    "type": "project",
    "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
    "keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],
    "license": "MIT",
    "require": {
        "php": "^8.0",
        "kreait/laravel-firebase": "^4.1",
        "laravel/cashier-paddle": "^1.5",
        "laravel/framework": "^8.75",
        "laravel/sanctum": "^2.11",
        "laravel/socialite": "^5.5",
        "laravel/tinker": "^2.5",
        "livewire/livewire": "^2.5",
        "lorisleiva/laravel-actions": "^2.4",
        "owenvoke/blade-fontawesome": "*",
        "protonemedia/laravel-verify-new-email": "^1.5",
        "pusher/pusher-php-server": "^7.0",
        "rapidstatic/rapidstatic": "dev-master",
        "rapidstatic/scraper": "dev-master",
        "razorui/blade-application-ui": "^0.3.0"
    }
}

jq:

jq '.require | to_entries | map(select(.key | contains("rapidstatic")))' composer.json

output:

[
  {
    "key": "rapidstatic/rapidstatic",
    "value": "dev-master"
  },
  {
    "key": "rapidstatic/scraper",
    "value": "dev-master"
  }
]
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1 Answers

You could use del and provide the key names as follows:

jq '.require |= del(.[keys[] | select(contains("rapidstatic"))])' composer.json

Demo

Or you could generate an array of path expressions and use delpaths on them:

jq '.require |= delpaths([keys[] | select(contains("rapidstatic")) | [.]])' composer.json

Demo

Output:

{
  "name": "laravel/laravel",
  "type": "project",
  "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
  "keywords": [
    "framework",
    "laravel"
  ],
  "license": "MIT",
  "require": {
    "php": "^8.0",
    "kreait/laravel-firebase": "^4.1",
    "laravel/cashier-paddle": "^1.5",
    "laravel/framework": "^8.75",
    "laravel/sanctum": "^2.11",
    "laravel/socialite": "^5.5",
    "laravel/tinker": "^2.5",
    "livewire/livewire": "^2.5",
    "lorisleiva/laravel-actions": "^2.4",
    "owenvoke/blade-fontawesome": "*",
    "protonemedia/laravel-verify-new-email": "^1.5",
    "pusher/pusher-php-server": "^7.0",
    "razorui/blade-application-ui": "^0.3.0"
  }
}
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