jq get json keys

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23118341/how-to-get-key-names-from-json-using-jq

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You need to use jq 'keys[]'. For example:

echo '{"example1" : 1, "example2" : 2, "example3" : 3}' | jq 'keys[]'

Will output a line separated list:

"example1"
"example2"
"example3"