Other problems in my code led me away from the gob
package earlier, turns out it was the proper way as @nvcnvn suggested. Relevant code on how to solve this issue below:
package bloom
import (
"encoding/gob"
"bytes"
)
func GetBytes(key interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
var buf bytes.Buffer
enc := gob.NewEncoder(&buf)
err := enc.Encode(key)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return buf.Bytes(), nil
}