Maybe I'll just wait for go 1.8 where the following is possible, because 
tags aren't part of types anymore.

type PublicUser struct{
  Password string `json:"-"`
  Name string `json:"name"`
}

type PrivateUser struct{
  Password string `json:"password"`
  Name string `json:"name"`
}

func main() {
  // get user from db
  priv := PrivateUser{
    Password: "secret",
    Name: "john"
  }
  pub := PublicUser(priv)
  // send pub to frontend
  // ...
}

I still have to duplicate all models with every field but at least the 
compiler will warn me when I forget a field.

On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 1:35:42 PM UTC+1, Mirco Zeiss wrote:
>
> Sorry, but it won't work. I'm using the same marshal method when 
> communicating with my DB as when communicating to my frontend. How can I 
> tell it to sometimes leave out the private fields and sometimes not?
>
> On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 6:43:26 AM UTC+1, Mirco Zeiss wrote:
>>
>> That might work. Thank you! Will try and report back.
>>
>

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