Emoji API

By character, shortcode, name, or search.

Look up an emoji by character, shortcode, or exact name. One stable record for editors, reactions, and anything that needs to normalize emoji input.

Lookup

GET

api.parseapi.com/emoji/{emoji}

Character, shortcode, or exact name

curl "https://api.parseapi.com/emoji/rocket" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "emoji": "🚀",
  "name": "rocket",
  "shortcodes": [
    ":rocket:",
    "rocket"
  ],
  "codepoints": [
    "U+1F680"
  ],
  "hex": "1F680",
  "category": "Travel & Places",
  "status": "fully-qualified",
  "version": "0.6",
  "keywords": [
    "rocket",
    "space"
  ],
  "skins": []
}

Response fields

emoji: Emoji character
name: Official name
shortcodes: Shortcodes with and without colons
codepoints: Unicode codepoints (U+…)
hex: Hex form
category: Category
status: Qualification status
version: Dataset version
keywords: Related keywords
skins: Skin-tone variants (when available)

Search

Keyword and prefix search for pickers and typeahead. ?limit= caps results, default 20, max 50.

GET

api.parseapi.com/emoji?q={query}

Prefix and keyword search. ?limit= (default 20, max 50)

curl "https://api.parseapi.com/emoji?q=fire&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "q": "fire",
  "emojis": [
    {
      "emoji": "🔥",
      "name": "fire",
      "shortcodes": [
        ":fire:",
        "fire"
      ],
      "codepoints": [
        "U+1F525"
      ],
      "hex": "1F525",
      "category": "Travel & Places",
      "status": "fully-qualified",
      "version": "0.6",
      "keywords": [
        "fire",
        "flame"
      ],
      "skins": []
    },
    {
      "emoji": "🚒",
      "name": "fire engine",
      "shortcodes": [
        ":fire_engine:"
      ],
      "codepoints": [
        "U+1F692"
      ],
      "hex": "1F692",
      "category": "Travel & Places",
      "status": "fully-qualified",
      "version": "0.6",
      "keywords": [
        "engine",
        "fire",
        "truck"
      ],
      "skins": []
    },
    // ... 18 more
  ]
}

Response fields

q: Search query
emojis: Matching emoji records (same shape as lookup)

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