Find the symmetric difference between two jsonb objects

jsonb_diff.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION jsonb_diff(a_ jsonb, b_ jsonb)
RETURNS jsonb AS $$
SELECT jsonb_object_agg("keys"."key", "a"."value")
FROM (
    SELECT jsonb_object_keys(a_) AS "key"
    UNION
    SELECT jsonb_object_keys(b_) AS "key"
) AS "keys"
LEFT JOIN (SELECT "key", "value" FROM jsonb_each(a_)) AS "a"
    ON "a"."key" = "keys"."key"
LEFT JOIN (SELECT "key", "value" FROM jsonb_each(b_)) AS "b"
    ON "b"."key" = "keys"."key"
WHERE "a"."value" != "b"."value"
    OR "a"."key" || "b"."key" IS NULL;
$$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;

SELECT jsonb_diff(
    to_jsonb('{ "a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3, "d": 4 }'::json),
    to_jsonb('{ "a": 1, "b": 5, "c": 3, "x": 7 }'::json)
);

         jsonb_diff
-----------------------------
 {"b": 2, "d": 4, "x": null}