Smile

Small library for converting emoji shortnames to emoji characters, like in Discord messages:

Smile.convert_text("LMAO :joy:")
# > "LMAO 😂"

This is a fork of the original project that uses Discord-style shortcodes instead of the full unicode "CLDR Short Name".
For example, :face_with_tears_of_joy: is the official unicode-approved short name, but this fork uses :joy: instead.

There are some known issues:

1. Emojis in the middle of other don't work, ex. :woo:poop:hoo: would not convert the :poop: in the middle.

Installation

Available via GitHub, the package can be installed as:

1. Add :smile to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

   def deps do
     [
       {:smile, github: "RobinBoers/smile"}
     ]
   end

2. Ensure smile is started before your application:

   def application do
     [applications: [:smile]]
   end