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:

{
	type Item struct {
		Foo string
	}

	b, err := msgpack.Marshal(&Item{Foo: "bar"})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	var item Item
	err = msgpack.Unmarshal(b, &item)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(item.Foo)
	// Output: bar
}

Output:

bar

Code:

{
	type Item struct {
		_msgpack struct{} `msgpack:",asArray"`
		Foo      string
		Bar      string
	}

	var buf bytes.Buffer
	enc := msgpack.NewEncoder(&buf)
	err := enc.Encode(&Item{Foo: "foo", Bar: "bar"})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	dec := msgpack.NewDecoder(&buf)
	v, err := dec.DecodeInterface()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(v)
	// Output: [foo bar]
}

Output:

[foo bar]

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 := new(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()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(out)
	// Output: map[foo:map[hello:world]]
}

Output:

map[foo:map[hello:world]]

Code:

{
	type Item struct {
		S string
	}

	msgpack.RegisterExt(1, Item{})

	b, err := msgpack.Marshal(&Item{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.Item{S:"string"}
}

Output:

msgpack_test.Item{S:"string"}

Code:play 

package main

import (
	"fmt"

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

type customStruct struct {
	S string
	N int
}

var _ msgpack.CustomEncoder = (*customStruct)(nil)
var _ msgpack.CustomDecoder = (*customStruct)(nil)

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}

Code:

{
	b, err := msgpack.Marshal([]map[string]interface{}{
		{"id": 1, "attrs": map[string]interface{}{"phone": 12345}},
		{"id": 2, "attrs": map[string]interface{}{"phone": 54321}},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	dec := msgpack.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(b))
	values, err := dec.Query("*.attrs.phone")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println("phones are", values)

	dec.Reset(bytes.NewBuffer(b))
	values, err = dec.Query("1.attrs.phone")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println("2nd phone is", values[0])
	// Output: phones are [12345 54321]
	// 2nd phone is 54321
}

Output:

phones are [12345 54321]
2nd phone is 54321

Code:

{
	type Item struct {
		Foo string
		Bar string
	}

	var buf bytes.Buffer
	enc := msgpack.NewEncoder(&buf).StructAsArray(true)
	err := enc.Encode(&Item{Foo: "foo", Bar: "bar"})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	dec := msgpack.NewDecoder(&buf)
	v, err := dec.DecodeInterface()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(v)
	// Output: [foo bar]
}

Output:

[foo bar]