node-emoji

What is node-emoji?

The node-emoji package provides a simple way to add Unicode emoji support to your Node.js applications. It allows you to easily include emoji characters in your strings and manipulate them as needed.

What are node-emoji's main functionalities?

Get emoji by name

Retrieve an emoji character using its name (alias).

const emoji = require('node-emoji');
console.log(emoji.get('coffee')); // outputs the coffee emoji

Find emoji in a string

Search for and return information about an emoji within a string.

const emoji = require('node-emoji');
console.log(emoji.find('I :heart: node-emoji!')); // finds and returns the heart emoji object

Replace emoji names with characters in a string

Convert emoji aliases in a string to their corresponding emoji characters.

const emoji = require('node-emoji');
console.log(emoji.emojify('I :heart: node-emoji!')); // replaces the :heart: alias with the actual heart emoji character

Replace characters with emoji names in a string

Convert emoji characters in a string to their corresponding emoji aliases.

const emoji = require('node-emoji');
console.log(emoji.unemojify('I ❤️ node-emoji!')); // replaces the heart emoji character with its alias :heart:

Random emoji

Get a random emoji object, which includes the emoji character and its alias.

const emoji = require('node-emoji');
console.log(emoji.random()); // returns a random emoji object

Other packages similar to node-emoji

emojione

Emojione is a package that provides emoji conversion and supports a wide range of emoji characters. It is similar to node-emoji but also includes additional features such as emoji shortcodes, ASCII conversions, and sprite generation.

emoji-js

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twemoji

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README

node-emoji

Friendly emoji lookups and parsing utilities for Node.js. 💖

node-emoji provides a fun, straightforward interface on top of the following excellent libraries:

• emojilib: provides a list of emojis and keyword search on top of it
• skin-tone: parses out base emojis from skin tones

Install

npm install node-emoji

2.0 Release 🚀

This is the new 2.0 release of node-emoji, supporting ESM, new emoji and a new API.

If you want to use the old version, please check out the legacy branch.

Usage

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

emoji.emojify('I :heart: :coffee:!') // 'I ❤️ ☕️!'

emoji.find('heart') // { emoji: '❤', name: 'heart' }
emoji.find('❤️') // { emoji: '❤', name: 'heart' }

emoji.get('unicorn') // 🦄
emoji.get(':unicorn:') // 🦄

emoji.has(':pizza:') // true
emoji.has('🍕') // true
emoji.has('unknown') // false

emoji.random() // { name: 'house', emoji: '🏠' }

emoji.replace('I ❤️ coffee!', 'love', { preserveSpaces: true }) // 'I love coffee!'

emoji.search(':uni:') // [ { emoji: '🦄', name: 'unicorn' }, ... ]

emoji.strip('I ❤️ coffee!') // 'I coffee!'

emoji.unemojify('🍕 for 💃') // ':pizza: for :dancer:'

emoji.which('🦄') // 'unicorn'

API

emoji.emojify(input, options?)

Parse all markdown-encoded emojis in a string.

Parameters:

1. input (string): The input string containing the markdown-encoding emojis.
2. options (optional):
   • fallback (string; default: ""): The string to fallback to if an emoji was not found.
   • format (() => (emoji: string, part: string, string: string) => string; default: value => value): Add a middleware layer to modify each matched emoji after parsing.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.emojify('The :unicorn: is a fictitious animal.'))
// 'The 🦄 is a fictitious animal.'

emoji.find(emoji)

Get the name and character of an emoji.

Parameters:

1. emoji (string): The emoji to get the data of.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.find('🦄'))
// { name: 'unicorn', emoji: '🦄' }

emoji.get(name)

Get an emoji from an emoji name.

Parameters:

1. name (string): The name of the emoji to get.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.get('unicorn'))
// '🦄'

emoji.has(emoji)

Check if this library supports a specific emoji.

Parameters:

1. emoji (string): The emoji to check.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.has('🦄'))
// true

emoji.random()

Get a random emoji.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.random())
// { name: 'unicorn', emoji: '🦄' }

emoji.replace(input, replacement)

Replace the emojis in a string.

Parameters:

• input (string): The input string.
• replacement (string | (emoji: string, index: number, string: string) => string): The character to replace the emoji with. Can be either a string or a callback that returns a string.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.replace('The 🦄 is a fictitious animal.', 'unicorn'))
// 'The unicorn is a fictitious animal.'

emoji.search(keyword)

Search for emojis containing the provided name in their name.

Parameters:

1. keyword (string): The keyword to search for.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.search('honey'))
// [ { name: 'honeybee', emoji: '🐝' }, { name: 'honey_pot', emoji: '🍯' } ]

emoji.strip(input, options?)

Remove all of the emojis from a string.

Parameters:

1. input (string): The input string to strip the emojis from.

2. options (optional):

   • preserveSpaces (boolean): Whether to keep the extra space after a stripped emoji.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.strip('🦄 The unicorn is a fictitious animal.'))
// 'The unicorn is a fictitious animal.'

console.log(
  emoji.strip('🦄 The unicorn is a fictitious animal.', {
    preserveSpaces: true,
  }),
)
// ' The unicorn is a fictitious animal.'

emoji.unemojify(input)

Convert all emojis in a string to their markdown-encoded counterparts.

Parameters:

1. input (string): The input string containing the emojis.

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.unemojify('The 🦄 is a fictitious animal.'))
// 'The :unicorn: is a fictitious animal.'

emoji.which(emoji, options?)

Get an emoji name from an emoji.

Parameters:

1. emoji (string): The emoji to get the name of.
2. options (optional):
   • markdown (boolean; default: false): Whether to return a ":emoji:" string instead of "emoji"

import * as emoji from 'node-emoji'

console.log(emoji.which('🦄'))
// 'unicorn'

Development

See .github/Development.md.

License

Special Thanks

...to Anand Chowdhary (@AnandChowdhary) and his company Pabio for sponsoring this project via GitHub Sponsors!

Contributors

./c² 💻	Adam Skoufis 💻	Adrian Carolli 💻	Alex Litel 💻	Alex Rudenko 💻	Antoine Hanriat 💻	Daniel Bugl 🐛 💻 🔍 🤔 🚇 🔧 🚧
Daniel Hilton 💻	Elizabeth 💻 🚧	Gabriel Csapo 💻	Greenkeeper 💻	Josh Goldberg ✨ 🔧 💻 🚇 🚧	Kevin Cooper 💻	Kristoffer K. 💻
Ludo Renzetti 💻	Nicolas Charpentier 🚧	Nicolas Gryman 💻	Paul Barber 💻	Richie Bendall 💻 🚧	Ritik Banger 💻	Roopak Venkatakrishnan 💻
Shivkanth Bagavathy 💻	Siddharth Batra 💻	Stephan Meijer 💻	Thomas Beverley 🐛	Tim Ruffles 💻	Todd Mazierski 🐛	fossabot 💻
goodjun 🐛	jackie luo 💻	tgbtyty 💻	wtgtybhertgeghgtwtg 💻

Changelog

2.1.3 (2023-11-20)

Bug Fixes

• pin skin-tone to ^2.0.0 and add renovate.json ignoreDeps (dcd6c43)