Replaces emoji characters in strings with their names.
For example:
const replaceInString = require('emoji-describe');
replaceInString("I hope this works 🤞");
// Returns:
// "I hope this works hand with index and middle fingers crossed"
It handles skin tone variants using the same language as Apple's excellent accessibility.
npm install --save emoji-describe
The data is fetched from iamcal/emoji-data and processed into a simple emoji -> description lookup.
To fetch and transform the latest data:
git clone <repo>
cd emoji-name
npm install
npm run build