Code:

{
	decodedMap := make(map[string]string)
	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}

	m := map[string]string{"foo1": "bar1", "foo2": "bar2", "foo3": "bar3"}
	keys := []string{"foo1", "foo3", "foo2"}

	encodedMap, err := encodeMap(m, keys...)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	_, err = buf.Write(encodedMap)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	decoder := msgpack.NewDecoder(buf)

	n, err := decoder.DecodeMapLen()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		key, err := decoder.DecodeString()
		if err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
		value, err := decoder.DecodeString()
		if err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
		decodedMap[key] = value
	}

	for _, key := range keys {
		fmt.Printf("%#v: %#v, ", key, decodedMap[key])
	}
	// Output: "foo1": "bar1", "foo3": "bar3", "foo2": "bar2",
}

Output:

"foo1": "bar1", "foo3": "bar3", "foo2": "bar2",

Code:

{
	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}

	m := map[string]string{"foo1": "bar1", "foo2": "bar2", "foo3": "bar3"}
	keys := []string{"foo1", "foo3"}

	encodedMap, err := encodeMap(m, keys...)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	_, err = buf.Write(encodedMap)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	decoder := msgpack.NewDecoder(buf)
	value, err := decoder.DecodeMap()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	decodedMapValue := value.(map[interface{}]interface{})

	for _, key := range keys {
		fmt.Printf("%#v: %#v, ", key, decodedMapValue[key])
	}

	// Output: "foo1": "bar1", "foo3": "bar3",
}

Output:

"foo1": "bar1", "foo3": "bar3",

Code:

{
	in := map[string]interface{}{"foo": 1, "hello": "world"}
	b, err := msgpack.Marshal(in)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	var out map[string]interface{}
	err = msgpack.Unmarshal(b, &out)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("foo =", out["foo"])
	fmt.Println("hello =", out["hello"])

	// Output:
	// foo = 1
	// hello = world
}

Output:

foo = 1
hello = world

Code:

{
	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}

	enc := msgpack.NewEncoder(buf)
	in := map[string]interface{}{"foo": map[string]interface{}{"hello": "world"}}
	_ = enc.Encode(in)

	dec := msgpack.NewDecoder(buf)
	dec.DecodeMapFunc = func(d *msgpack.Decoder) (interface{}, error) {
		n, err := d.DecodeMapLen()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		m := make(map[string]interface{}, n)
		for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
			mk, err := d.DecodeString()
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

			mv, err := d.DecodeInterface()
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

			m[mk] = mv
		}
		return m, nil
	}
	out, err := dec.DecodeInterface()
	fmt.Printf("%v %#v\n", err, out)
	// Output: <nil> map[string]interface {}{"foo":map[string]interface {}{"hello":"world"}}
}

Output:

<nil> map[string]interface {}{"foo":map[string]interface {}{"hello":"world"}}

Code:

{
	b, err := msgpack.Marshal(true)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", b)
	// Output:

	var out bool
	err = msgpack.Unmarshal([]byte{0xc3}, &out)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(out)
	// Output: []byte{0xc3}
	// true
}

Output:

[]byte{0xc3}
true

Code:

{
	msgpack.RegisterExt(1, myStruct{})

	b, err := msgpack.Marshal(&myStruct{S: "string"})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	var v interface{}
	err = msgpack.Unmarshal(b, &v)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%#v", v)
	// Output: msgpack_test.myStruct{S:"string"}
}

Output:

msgpack_test.myStruct{S:"string"}

Code:play 

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"gopkg.in/vmihailenco/msgpack.v2"
)

type customStruct struct {
	S string
	N int
}

var (
	_ msgpack.CustomEncoder = &customStruct{}
	_ msgpack.CustomDecoder = &customStruct{}
)

func (s *customStruct) EncodeMsgpack(enc *msgpack.Encoder) error {
	return enc.Encode(s.S, s.N)
}

func (s *customStruct) DecodeMsgpack(dec *msgpack.Decoder) error {
	return dec.Decode(&s.S, &s.N)
}

func main() {
	b, err := msgpack.Marshal(&customStruct{S: "hello", N: 42})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	var v customStruct
	err = msgpack.Unmarshal(b, &v)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%#v", v)
}

Output:

msgpack_test.customStruct{S:"hello", N:42}