gluon emoji

emoji.js

(function(){
   return {name: "emoji"}
})

function go(msg) {
  if(msg.method == "irc.privmsg") {
    var match = /!emoji\s+(.*)/.exec(msg.params.message)
    if(match) {
      var term = match[1]
      var emoji = emojipedia(term)
        if(emoji) {
          bot.say(msg.params.channel, "emoji "+emoji)
        } else {
          bot.say(msg.params.channel, "emoji not found for "+term)
        }
    }
    var parts = msg.params.message.split(':')
    if(parts.length > 0) {
      var say = ""
      var inside = false
      parts.forEach(function(part, idx){
        bot.say(bot.admin_channel, JSON.stringify([part, idx]))
        if (inside) {
           bot.say(bot.admin_channel, "part "+idx+" "+JSON.stringify(part))
           var term = part.match(/([^:]*?):([a-zA-Z][^:]*):/)
           var emoji = emojipedia(term[2])
           if(emoji) say += term[1] + emoji
           inside = false // future optional
        } else { inside = true }
      })
      if(say.length > 0) {
         bot.say(bot.admin_channel, "say: "+say)
         //bot.say(msg.params.channel, say)
      }
    }
  }
}

function emojipedia(term) {
  var html = http.get("https://emojipedia.org/search/?q="+encodeURIComponent(term))//.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, '');
//  <h2><a href="/jack-o-lantern/"><span class="emoji">🎃</span> Jack-O-Lantern</a></h2>
  var no_results = /No results found/.exec(html)
  if (!no_results) {
    var uc = /h2.*\"emoji\"\>([^<>]*)\<\/span\>/.exec(html)
    if (uc) {
      return uc[1]
    }
  }
}