GET /emoji/{emoji}

Emoji API

Look up by character, shortcode, or name. Search with q.

Try it

Character, :shortcode:, or name. All three resolve to the same record.

emoji

Emoji character

name

Official name

shortcodes

Shortcodes with and without colons

codepoints

Unicode codepoints (U+โ€ฆ)

category

Category

keywords

Related keywords

1

Pass the emoji

The character, :fire:, or the exact name.

2

Get the record

Codepoints, category, version, keywords.

3

Search for a picker

GET /emoji with q=fire for typeahead.

3,944 emoji.

Character, shortcode, or search. Every plan.

9
categories
17
Unicode versions

Look up an emoji by character, shortcode, or exact name, or use ?q= for typeahead search in pickers.

Unicode emoji records. Shortcodes work with or without colons. For editors, reactions, and anything that needs a reliable emoji record.

RESPONSE

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

// 200 ยท ~35ms US ยท ~97ms worldwide
{
  "emoji": "๐Ÿš€",
  "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+โ€ฆ)
hex
Hex form
category
Category
status
Qualification status
version
Dataset version
keywords
Related keywords
skins
Skin-tone variants (when available)

QUESTIONS

How do I look one up?
Pass the character, a shortcode like :fire:, or the exact name.
How do I search?
GET /emoji?q=fire for typeahead.

SPEED

How long /emoji takes.

US

11ms

EU

12ms

APAC

46ms

LatAm

11ms

ME

122ms

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Coverage

Official emoji records.

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