📦 emoji-detector-node

A simple emoji detection and extraction library for Node.js with no dependencies.
Supports CommonJS (require), ES Modules (import), and TypeScript out of the box.

Installation

npm install emoji-detector-node

Usage

CommonJS (require)

Example 1

const { detect } = require("emoji-detector-node");

console.log(detect("Hello 😊🚀"));

Output:

{
  "originalText": "Hello 😊🚀",
  "textOnly": "Hello",
  "emojis": "😊🚀",
  "isEmoji": true
}

Example 2

const { detect } = require("emoji-detector-node");

console.log(detect("No emoji here"));

Output:

{
  "originalText": "No emoji here",
  "textOnly": "No emoji here",
  "emojis": "",
  "isEmoji": false
}

ES Modules (import)

Example 1

import { detect } from "emoji-detector-node";

console.log(detect("Flags 🇮🇳 mixed with text"));

Output:

{
  "originalText": "Flags 🇮🇳 mixed with text",
  "textOnly": "Flags mixed with text",
  "emojis": "🇮🇳",
  "isEmoji": true
}

Example 2

import { detect } from "emoji-detector-node";
console.log(detect("Only emojis 😍🔥💯"));

Output:

{
  "originalText": "Only emojis 😍🔥💯",
  "textOnly": "",
  "emojis": "😍🔥💯",
  "isEmoji": true
}

TypeScript Support

Example 1

  Type definitions are included automatically.

  import { detect } from "emoji-detector-node";

  const result = detect("Hello World 😎");

  console.log(result.originalText); // "Hello World 😎"
  console.log(result.textOnly);     // "Hello World"
  console.log(result.emojis);       // "😎"
  console.log(result.isEmoji);      // true

Returned Object

The `detect()` function always returns an object:

| Field        | Type    | Description                                  |
|--------------|---------|----------------------------------------------|
| originalText | string  | The (original input text)                      |
| textOnly     | string  | Text (without emojis)                    |
| emojis       | string  | Extracted (extracted emojies)              |
| isEmoji      | boolean | true (if at least one emoji was found, otherwise false) |

Example Use Cases

• Filter emojis out of user input
• Detect if a message contains only text or emojis
• Extract emojis for analytics (e.g., most used emojis)

License

  MIT © 2025 [Tukaram Todkari]