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Emoji data from unicode.org as easily consumable JSON files.
https://github.com/muan/unicode-emoji-json

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Emoji data from unicode.org as easily consumable JSON files.

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# Unicode Emoji JSON [![Test status](https://github.com/muan/unicode-emoji-json/workflows/Node%20CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/muan/unicode-emoji-json/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Node+CI%22)

This library provides a up-to-date version of emoji data from Unicode in JSON format, in a number of easily consumable file structures.

Check out [`muan/emojilib`](https://github.com/muan/emojilib) for emoji keyword pairings for extended searchability.

## Details

### RGI only

This data does not contain minimally-qualified and unqualified emoji.

> RGI: Recommended for General Interchange. A subset of emojis which is likely to be widely supported across multiple platforms.

> Minimally-qualified or unqualified emoji zwj sequences may be handled in the same way as their fully-qualified forms; the choice is up to the implementation.

Full description can be found at http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/.

### Skin tone variations

Emoji's skin tone variations are consolidated into one base entry, with a `skin_tone_support` flag on them.

This means one entry of πŸ‘‹ represents its 5 variations– πŸ‘‹πŸ», πŸ‘‹πŸΌ, πŸ‘‹πŸ½, πŸ‘‹πŸΎ, πŸ‘‹πŸΏ; while raw unicode data list them as individual emoji entries.

## Files

`data-by-emoji.json`:

```json
{
"πŸ˜€": {
"name": "grinning face",
"slug": "grinning_face",
"group": "Smileys & Emotion",
"emoji_version": "2.0",
"unicode_version": "6.1",
"skin_tone_support": false
},
...
"πŸ‘‹": {
"name": "waving hand",
"slug": "waving_hand",
"group": "People & Body",
"emoji_version": "2.0",
"unicode_version": "6.0",
"skin_tone_support": true,
"skin_tone_support_unicode_version": "8.0"
},
}
```

`data-by-group.json`:

```json
{
"Smileys & Emotion": [
{
"emoji": "πŸ˜€",
"skin_tone_support": false,
"name": "grinning face",
"slug": "grinning_face",
"unicode_version": "6.1",
"emoji_version": "2.0"
},
],
...
}
```

`data-ordered-emoji.json`:

```
[
"πŸ˜€",
"πŸ˜ƒ",
...
]
```

`data-emoji-components.json`:

```json
{
"light_skin_tone": "🏻",
"medium_light_skin_tone": "🏼",
...
}
```

## Development

1. `npm install`

Install dependencies.

2. `npm run download`

Download the latest data dump from unicode.org. Update the version variable in this file when a new version is available. Experiment with a version by passing an argument for version number: `npm run download 13.0`.

3. `npm run build`

Parse and format the downloaded data into different files for distribution. This script also generates `stats.json` for use in test. Update the parser if the content format from unicode data has changed.

4. `npm test`

Run test that ensures the build data matches the count of emoji parsed from the data source.

A common People's category test failure after an Emoji version upgrade might be that [there are new dual skin tone emoji unaccounted for](https://github.com/muan/unicode-emoji-json/blob/fc40d2e86da1c0ba8a672176f85e4363cd0dadd9/script/generate-emoji-counts.js#L11). Verify this by reading through the change log and see if there are any emoji that can be modified with two skin tone modifiers and add them to `generate-emoji-counts.js` then run `npm run build` which will update `stats.json`; then run the test again. This isn't automated currently. [See #3](https://github.com/muan/unicode-emoji-json/issues/3).

## Unicode License Agreement

https://www.unicode.org/license.html