Just a reference about the basics of MessagePack in Python

msgpack-examples.py

from msgpack import packb
from msgpack import unpackb
from time import time

def pack(msg):
    return packb(msg, use_bin_type=True)

def unpack(msg):
    return unpackb(msg, use_list=False, encoding='utf-8')

# Testing lists:
mylist = [1, 2, 3, 5, "something", 'c', False]
print(mylist)
msg = pack(mylist)
print(msg)
result = unpack(msg)
print(result)

# Testing dictionaries
mydict = {
    "id": 1,
    "time": time(),
    "stuff": "Hello, world!",
    "more stuff": {
        "name": "John",
        "occupation": "Smith"
    }
}
print(mydict)
msg = pack(mydict)
print(msg)
result = unpack(msg)
print(result)