diff --git a/output/decoder.go b/output/decoder.go
index ffdf5b3..7f191b6 100644
--- a/output/decoder.go
+++ b/output/decoder.go
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ package output
 import (
 	"C"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unsafe"
 
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"github.com/ugorji/go/codec"
 )
 
@@ -55,6 +58,116 @@ func (f FLBTime) UpdateExt(dest interface{}, v interface{}) {
 	panic("unsupported")
 }
 
+type AggregationType int64
+
+const (
+	UNSPECIFIED AggregationType = 0
+	DELTA       AggregationType = 1
+	CUMMULATIVE AggregationType = 2
+)
+
+func (at AggregationType) String() string {
+	switch at {
+	case UNSPECIFIED:
+		return "unspecified"
+	case DELTA:
+		return "delta"
+	case CUMMULATIVE:
+		return "cumulative"
+	default:
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
+type MetricType int64
+
+const (
+	COUNTER   MetricType = 0
+	GAUGE     MetricType = 1
+	HISTOGRAM MetricType = 2
+	SUMMARY   MetricType = 3
+	UNTYPED   MetricType = 4
+)
+
+func (mt MetricType) String() string {
+	switch mt {
+	case COUNTER:
+		return "counter"
+	case GAUGE:
+		return "gauge"
+	case HISTOGRAM:
+		return "histogram"
+	case SUMMARY:
+		return "summary"
+	case UNTYPED:
+		return "untyped"
+	default:
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
+type CMetrics struct {
+	Meta struct {
+		Cmetrics   map[string]interface{} `mapstructure:"cmetrics"`
+		External   map[string]interface{} `mapstructure:"external"`
+		Processing struct {
+			StaticLabels []interface{} `mapstructure:"static_labels"`
+		} `mapstructure:"processing"`
+	} `mapstructure:"meta"`
+	Metrics []struct {
+		Meta struct {
+			AggregationType AggregationType `mapstructure:"aggregation_type"`
+			Labels          []string        `mapstructure:"labels"`
+			/* Formatted full qualified metric name is: namespace_subsystem_name */
+			Opts struct {
+				Desc      string `mapstructure:"desc"`
+				Name      string `mapstructure:"name"`
+				Namespace string `mapstructure:"ns"`
+				Subsystem string `mapstructure:"ss"`
+			} `mapstructure:"opts"`
+			Type MetricType `mapstructure:"type"`
+			Ver  int        `mapstructure:"ver"`
+		} `mapstructure:"meta"`
+		Values []struct {
+			Hash   int64    `mapstructure:"hash"`
+			Labels []string `mapstructure:"labels"`
+			Ts     int64    `mapstructure:"ts"`
+			Value  float64  `mapstructure:"value"`
+		} `mapstructure:"values"`
+	} `mapstructure:"metrics"`
+}
+
+// Use Prometheus text format when printing CMetrics
+func (cm CMetrics) String() string {
+	var ret strings.Builder
+
+	for _, metric := range cm.Metrics {
+		fullMetricName := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%s", metric.Meta.Opts.Namespace, metric.Meta.Opts.Subsystem, metric.Meta.Opts.Name)
+		ret.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# HELP %s %s\n", fullMetricName, metric.Meta.Opts.Desc))
+		ret.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# TYPE %s %s\n", fullMetricName, metric.Meta.Type))
+
+		for _, value := range metric.Values {
+			ret.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s{", fullMetricName))
+			for i, labelName := range metric.Meta.Labels {
+				ret.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", labelName, value.Labels[i]))
+				if i < len(metric.Meta.Labels)-1 {
+					ret.WriteString(",")
+				}
+			}
+			ret.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("} %.0f\n", value.Value))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret.String()
+}
+
+// ConvertRecordToCMetrics converts the data returned by GetRecord() to a CMetrics struct
+func ConvertRecordToCMetrics(record map[interface{}]interface{}) (cMetrics CMetrics) {
+	var result CMetrics
+	mapstructure.WeakDecode(record, &result)
+	return result
+}
+
 func NewDecoder(data unsafe.Pointer, length int) *FLBDecoder {
 	var b []byte
 
@@ -77,33 +190,42 @@ func GetRecord(dec *FLBDecoder) (ret int, ts interface{}, rec map[interface{}]in
 		return -1, 0, nil
 	}
 
-	slice := reflect.ValueOf(m)
-	if slice.Kind() != reflect.Slice || slice.Len() != 2 {
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(m)
+	if val.Len() != 2 {
 		return -2, 0, nil
 	}
 
-	var t interface{}
-	ts = slice.Index(0).Interface()
-	switch ty := ts.(type) {
-	case FLBTime:
-		t = ty
-	case uint64:
-		t = ty
-	case []interface{}: // for Fluent Bit V2 metadata type of format
-		s := reflect.ValueOf(ty)
-		if s.Kind() != reflect.Slice || s.Len() < 2 {
-			return -4, 0, nil
+	switch val.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Map: // Metrics
+		map_data := val.Interface().(map[interface{}]interface{})
+		return 0, 0, map_data
+	case reflect.Slice: // Logs
+		var t interface{}
+		ts = val.Index(0).Interface()
+		switch ty := ts.(type) {
+		case FLBTime:
+			t = ty
+		case uint64:
+			t = ty
+		case []interface{}: // for Fluent Bit V2 metadata type of format
+			s := reflect.ValueOf(ty)
+			if s.Kind() != reflect.Slice || s.Len() < 2 {
+				return -4, 0, nil
+			}
+			t = s.Index(0).Interface()
+		default:
+			return -5, 0, nil
 		}
-		t = s.Index(0).Interface()
-	default:
-		return -5, 0, nil
-	}
-	data := slice.Index(1)
+		data := val.Index(1)
 
-	map_data, ok := data.Interface().(map[interface{}]interface{})
-	if !ok {
-		return -3, 0, nil
-	}
+		map_data, ok := data.Interface().(map[interface{}]interface{})
+		if !ok {
+			return -3, 0, nil
+		}
 
-	return 0, t, map_data
+		return 0, t, map_data
+
+	default: // if the interface is not a map or slice
+		return -2, 0, nil
+	}
 }