/emoji-metadata

Metadata for every emoji

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Metadata for every emoji.

Sample Entry

{
    "emoji": "😺",
    "description": "happy cat face",
    "category": "Smileys & Emotion",
    "aliases": [
        "smile",
        "grinning cat",
        "open",
        "cats",
        "a happy cat emoji",
        "happy cat emoji",
        "animal",
        "face",
        "mouth",
        "smiley cat",
        "happy",
        "grinning",
        "cat"
    ],
    "unicode": "6.0",
    "ios": "6.0",
    "sentiment": "positive",
    "related": [
        "🐈",
        "🐱",
        "😺"
    ],
    "rgb": [
        197,
        160,
        67
    ]
}

Fields

  • emoji: (unsure what this field is used for)
  • description: Official Unicode name for the emoji
  • category: Unicode block for the emoji. Possible values:
    • Smileys & Emotion
    • People & Body
    • Animals & Nature
    • Food & Drink
    • Travel & Places
    • Activities
    • Objects
    • Symbols
    • Flags
  • aliases: Possible terms and alternative names someone might use to search for the emoji
  • unicode: The version of Unicode that introduced the emoji
  • ios: The version of iOS that introduced the emoji
  • sentiment: The vibe of the emoji. These are plucked from iOS and are used to suggest appropriate emoji for any given user input. Possible values:
    • positive
    • low_energy
    • anger
    • neutral
    • sad
    • anxiety
  • related: Emoji similar to this one
  • rgb: The average color of the emoji, split into an array of red, green, blue values (respectively).

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