Return parent node with jq while querying one of its children

json bash shell unix jq

The filter in the original question is close to a solution. All that's needed is to rearrange what goes in the select. E.g.

  .DistributionList.Items[]| select(.Origins.Items[].Id == "abc")| .Id

json bash shell unix jq

The filter: .. | objects | select(.Origins.Items[]? | .Id == "abc") | .Id

produces:

"parent123"

You might want to parameterize the filter, e.g.:

def parent(child): .. | objects | select( .Origins.Items[]? | .Id == child) | .Id ;

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