strip values from json doc

From: Michael Moore <michaeljmoore(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: postgres list <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: strip values from json doc
Date: 2016-01-15 21:43:52
Message-ID: CACpWLjNq53+P6T8ULc=UtOnarTm-xYh5-Pfuo0Ea_odt2pXw-A@mail.gmail.com
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This is ALMOST what I want:
select json_strip_nulls ('[{ "f1":1 , "f2":null , "f3":"NULL" , "f4":""
}]');
the result is:
"[{"f1":1,"f3":"NULL","f4":""}]"

As you can see, the "f2" object has been removed. I would *also* like to
remove the f3 and f4 objects.

I realize I won't be able to use the json_strip_nulls function to do this.
I could brute force it by doing "json to array" then looping through the
array and picking only the objects I want, and then using the chosen
objects to build an new JSON document.

I suspect there is a more elegant way to accomplish the same objective.
Ideas?

PS. It would be great to have a json_strip_values (json, array) where array
contains the list of values you want removed.

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