gem 'emoji_data'

$ bundle

$ gem install emoji_data

>> require 'emoji_data'
=> true
>> EmojiData.from_unified('1f680')
=> #<EmojiData::EmojiChar:0x007f8fdba33b40 @variations=[], @name="ROCKET",
@unified="1F680", @docomo=nil, @au="E5C8", @softbank="E10D", @google="FE7ED",
@image="1f680.png", @sheet_x=25, @sheet_y=4, @short_name="rocket",
@short_names=["rocket"], @text=nil, @apple_img=true, @hangouts_img=true,
@twitter_img=true>
>> EmojiData.all.count
=> 845
>> EmojiData.all_with_variants.count
=> 107
>> EmojiData.find_by_short_name("moon").count
=> 13
>> EmojiData.all.select(&:doublebyte?).map(&:short_name)
=> ["hash", "zero", "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven",
"eight", "nine", "cn", "de", "es", "fr", "gb", "it", "jp", "kr", "ru", "us"]
>> EmojiData.find_by_name("tree").map { |c| [c.unified, c.name, c.render] }
=> [["1F332", "EVERGREEN TREE", "🌲"], ["1F333", "DECIDUOUS TREE", "🌳"],
["1F334", "PALM TREE", "🌴"], ["1F384", "CHRISTMAS TREE", "🎄"], ["1F38B",
"TANABATA TREE", "🎋"]]
>> EmojiData.scan("I ♥ when marketers talk about the ☁. #blessed").each do |ec|
?>   puts "Found some #{ec.short_name}!"
>> end
Found some hearts!
Found some cloud!
=> [...]