emoji_unicode_json_mapping

This repository contains a Python script that webscrapes all of the emojis listed on 'http://www.unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html'. It then stores the emoji data in several different JSON files representing major catagories with each JSON file being broken up into smaller sub-catagories. The emoji data maps the emoji's name, unicode string, and javascript escape string together for easy use.

Features

• Runs in Python 2.x and 3.x.
• Runs on windows, mac, and linux.
• Includes a Python Script that webscrapes the data for all of the emojis listed on 'http://www.unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html'.
• Emoji data is stored in several JSON files, each representing a major Emoji category.
• These JSON files are then further subdivided into subcategories which can be hashed out as needed.
• At the most granular level, the Emoji data is stored in an object with the emoji's name, unicode string, and javascript escape string.
• JSON Maps of all emojis come included with the repository.

Installation

• Clone this repository from github with the following command:

git clone https://github.com/JECSand/emoji_unicode_json_mapping.git

How to Use

1. cd into the emoji_unicode_json_mapping directory on your machine
2. Run the python script:

$ python emoji_json_mapper.py

3. New Emoji JSON maps will be in the /emoji_map_files/ subdirectory.