# msgpack

The `msgpack` formatter plugin converts an event to the msgpack binary.

## Parameters

* [Common Parameters](https://docs.fluentd.org/configuration/plugin-common-parameters)
* [Format section configurations](https://docs.fluentd.org/configuration/format-section)

## Example

```
tag:    app.event
time:   1362020400
record: {"host":"192.168.0.1","size":777,"method":"PUT"}
```

This incoming event is formatted to:

```
\x83\xA4host\xAB192.168.0.1\xA4size\xCD\x03\t\xA6method\xA3PUT
```

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