How can write queries in MySQL that can parse JSON data in a column?

Question

I have a table in MySQL that has a column that store JSON objects. How can I easily run queries that can have some of the JSON fields in the WHERE clause?

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Answer 1

Try the following query and see if it fits your needs:

SELECT user_id, json_data
FROM articles
WHERE common_schema.extract_json_value(json_data,'title')
LIKE "%CPU%"

This will only work on MySQL version 5.1 or newer.