#MonkeyEmoji Encode and decode unicode emoji characters for saving in db that does not store 4 byte unicode characters.

Unicode characters are encoded into format {{codepoint_hex}} before being saved in db. For usage, please refer to the github page.

It injects encode_emoji and decode_emoji methods to String and NilClass. ActiveRecord::Base is also injected with encode_emoji class method so that attributes encodes emoji automatically before save.

#Usage ###Download the latest list of emoji.

bundle exec rake monkey_emoji:init

It will be saved in app/assets/emoji/emoji.json. The list of emoji is used to perform regex matching to look for emoji to encode.

###Use in models In your model add the following line to enable auto encoding before being saved into db.

encode_emoji :your_table_attribute_name

###String helpers The following helper methods are provided for String and NilClass.

"😀smiley face".encode_emoji
# -> "{{1f600}} smiley face"

"{{1f600}} smiley face".decode_emoji
# -> "😀smiley face"

nil.encode_emoji
# -> nil

nil.decode_emoji
# -> nil

#Testing

cd test/dummy
bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=development
bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
cd ../../
bundle exec rake test

#License This project uses MIT-LICENSE.