diff --git a/structure.go b/structure.go
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+++ b/structure.go
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+// Package structure contains various utilities functions to work with structs.
+package structure
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// ErrNotStruct is returned when the passed value is not a struct
+var ErrNotStruct = errors.New("not struct")
+
+// ToMap converts a struct to a map[string]interface{}. The default map key
+// string is the struct fieldname but this can be changed by defining a
+// "structure" tag key if needed. Note that only exported fields of a struct
+// can be accessed, non exported fields will be neglected.
+func ToMap(in interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	out := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	t := reflect.TypeOf(in)
+
+	// if pointer get the underlying element≤
+	if t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		t = t.Elem()
+	}
+
+	if t.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		return nil, ErrNotStruct
+	}
+
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(in)
+
+	for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := t.Field(i)
+
+		// we can't access the value of unexported fields
+		if field.PkgPath != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		name := field.Name
+
+		// override if the user passed a structure tag
+		if tag := field.Tag.Get("structure"); tag != "" {
+			name = tag
+		}
+
+		out[name] = v.Field(i).Interface()
+	}
+
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/structure_test.go b/structure_test.go
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+++ b/structure_test.go
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+package structure
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestToMap(t *testing.T) {
+	var T = struct {
+		A string
+		B int
+		C bool
+	}{
+		A: "a-value",
+		B: 2,
+		C: true,
+	}
+
+	a, err := ToMap(T)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if typ := reflect.TypeOf(a).Kind(); typ != reflect.Map {
+		t.Errorf("ToMap should return a map type, got: %v", typ)
+	}
+
+	// we have three fields
+	if len(a) != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("ToMap should return a map of len 3, got: %d", len(a))
+	}
+
+	inMap := func(val interface{}) bool {
+		for _, v := range a {
+			if reflect.DeepEqual(v, val) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, val := range []interface{}{"a-value", 2, true} {
+		if !inMap(val) {
+			t.Errorf("ToMap should have the value %v", val)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestToMap_Tag(t *testing.T) {
+	var T = struct {
+		A string `structure:"x"`
+		B int    `structure:"y"`
+		C bool   `structure:"z"`
+	}{
+		A: "a-value",
+		B: 2,
+		C: true,
+	}
+
+	a, err := ToMap(T)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	inMap := func(key interface{}) bool {
+		for k := range a {
+			if reflect.DeepEqual(k, key) {
+
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, key := range []string{"x", "y", "z"} {
+		if !inMap(key) {
+			t.Errorf("ToMap should have the key %v", key)
+		}
+	}
+
+}