Query JSONPath in JQ Format

Question

I have JSONPath:

$.endpointAgents[?(@.clients.userName=~ 'a')].agentId

How it will look in jq format on Linux??

jq '.endpointAgents [] | select(.clients.userName=~"a") | {agentId}')"

does not work.

Code:

{
  "endpointAgents": [
    {
      "agentId": "MyId",
      "agentName": "MYNAME",
      "location": {
        "locationName": "location"
      },
      "clients": [
        {
          "userProfile": {
            "userName": "Name"
          },
          "browserExtensions": [
            {
              "active": false
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "totalMemory": "16222 MB",
      "agentType": "enterprise"
    }
  ]
}

Answer 1

I want to get userName value by specifying agentId

jq '.endpointAgents[] | select(.agentId == "MyId") | .clients[].userProfile.userName'

Will output "Name"

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• .endpointAgents[]
  Loop over each endpointAgent

• select(.agentId == "MyId")
  Select the objects where .agentId == "MyId"

• .clients[].userProfile.userName
  Since clients is an array, loop over it, and show .userProfile.userName for each object.

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