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Info on gemoji.

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What is this?

This package contains info on gemoji (GitHub Emoji). Gemoji are the shortcodes that GitHub uses to represent emoji. For example, :grinning: can be used for 😀.

When should I use this?

Use this package if you need:

  • info on gemoji, such as associated tags, description, and category
  • to map between emoji and names and vice versa
  • to list emoji or names

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 14.14+, 16.0+), install with npm:

npm install gemoji

In Deno with esm.sh:

import {gemoji} from 'https://esm.sh/gemoji@8'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import {gemoji} from 'https://esm.sh/gemoji@8?bundle'
</script>

Use

See examples below.

API

This package exports the identifiers gemoji, emojiToName, and nameToEmoji. There is no default export.

gemoji

List of info objects (Array<Gemoji>). Each Gemoji has the following fields:

  • emoji (string) — example: 😀
  • names (Array<string>) — example: ['grinning']
  • tags (Array<string>) — example: ['smile', 'happy']
  • description (string) — example: grinning face
  • category (string) — example: Smileys & Emotion
Example
import {gemoji} from 'gemoji'

console.log(gemoji)

Yields:

[
  {
    emoji: '😀',
    names: ['grinning'],
    tags: ['smile', 'happy'],
    description: 'grinning face',
    category: 'Smileys & Emotion'
  },
  {
    emoji: '😃',
    names: ['smiley'],
    tags: ['happy', 'joy', 'haha'],
    description: 'grinning face with big eyes',
    category: 'Smileys & Emotion'
  },
  {
    emoji: '😄',
    names: ['smile'],
    tags: ['happy', 'joy', 'laugh', 'pleased'],
    description: 'grinning face with smiling eyes',
    category: 'Smileys & Emotion'
  },
  // …
]

nameToEmoji

Map of names (100) to emoji (💯) (Record<string, string>).

Example
import {nameToEmoji} from 'gemoji'

console.log(nameToEmoji.cat) //=> 🐱
console.log(nameToEmoji.poop) //=> 💩

emojiToName

Map of emoji (😀) to names (grinning) (Record<string, string>).

Example
import {emojiToName} from 'gemoji'

console.log(emojiToName['🐶']) //=> dog
console.log(emojiToName['\uD83D\uDCA9']) //=> hankey

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports an additional type Gemoji.

Data

See support.md for what info is included.

The data is crawled from github/gemoji and later processed for relevant information.

No images are included in this repository: the copyrighted material may or may not be available on the users computer.

Compatibility

This package is at least compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js. As of now, that is Node.js 14.14+ and 16.0+. It also works in Deno and modern browsers.

Security

This package is safe.

Related

Contribute

Yes please! See How to Contribute to Open Source.

Notice

wooorm/gemoji is not affiliated with GitHub.

See its github/gemoji for info on GHs licensing.

License

MIT © Titus Wormer