postgres=# SELECT json_append('{"a": 1}', '{"b": 2, "c": 3, "a": 4}');
        json_append        
---------------------------
 {"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"a":4}
(1 row)

postgres=# SELECT json_delete('{"b": 2, "c": 3, "a": 4}', '{b, c}');
 json_delete 
-------------
 {"a":4}
(1 row)

postgres=# SELECT json_update('{"a": 1}', '{"b": 2, "c": 3, "a": 4}');
 json_update 
-------------
 {"a":4}
(1 row)

postgres=# SELECT json_merge('{"a": 1}', '{"b": 2, "c": 3, "a": 4}');
     json_merge      
---------------------
 {"b":2,"c":3,"a":4}
(1 row)