How to get only the jsonb of specific keys from postgres?

Question

I\'m aware that you can remove keys from a jsonb in postgres using something like this

select \'{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2, \"c\":3}\'::jsonb -\'a\';
 ?column?
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Answer 1

You can do this

SELECT jsonb_column->>'key_name_here' as 'column_name_of_your_own' from table_name

In the case of the query asked above, it would be

select '{"a": 1, "b": 2, "c":3}'::jsonb->>'a'