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Introduction to Msgpack

MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format that allows you to exchange data among multiple languages swiftly, similar to JSON. But it’s faster and smaller.

Main Features

  • Compact size
  • Fast speed
  • Interoperability across different programming languages

Getting Started

To start using Msgpack, install the library to your project. MessagePack is available for several programming languages.

Usage

Using MessagePack is quite simple. Here, is a basic example of how to serialize a data structure using Msgpack.


var msgpack = require('msgpack');
var bytes = msgpack.pack({"foo": "bar"});
console.log(msgpack.unpack(bytes));

Converting MessagePack to JSON

The msgpack-tools project contains a command-line utility named msgpack2json which can convert a MessagePack file to JSON format.


msgpack2json < input.msgpack > output.json

Conclusion

Msgpack is a powerful tool that allows for efficient data exchange. Its compact size, fast speed, and wide language interoperability make it a great choice for data serialization.