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Created February 24, 2018 00:55
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Rofi emoji picker
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Use rofi to pick emoji because that's what this
# century is about apparently...
#
# Requirements:
# rofi, xsel, curl, xmllint
#
# Usage:
# 1. Download all emoji
# $ rofi-emoji --download
#
# 2. Run rofi
# $ rofi-emoji
#
# Where to save the emojis file.
EMOJI_FILE="$HOME/.cache/emojis.txt"
# Urls of emoji to download.
# You can remove what you don't need.
URLS=(
'https://emojipedia.org/people/'
'https://emojipedia.org/nature/'
'https://emojipedia.org/food-drink/'
'https://emojipedia.org/activity/'
'https://emojipedia.org/travel-places/'
'https://emojipedia.org/objects/'
'https://emojipedia.org/symbols/'
'https://emojipedia.org/flags/'
)
function download() {
echo "" > "$EMOJI_FILE"
for url in "${URLS[@]}"; do
echo "Downloading: $url"
# Download the list of emoji and remove all the junk around it
emojis=$(curl -s "$url" | \
xmllint --html \
--xpath '//ul[@class="emoji-list"]' - 2>/dev/null)
# Get rid of starting/closing ul tags
emojis=$(echo "$emojis" | head -n -1 | tail -n +1)
# Extract the emoji and its description
emojis=$(echo "$emojis" | \
sed -rn 's/.*<span class="emoji">(.*)<\/span> (.*)<\/a><\/li>/\1 \2/p')
echo "$emojis" >> "$EMOJI_FILE"
done
}
function display() {
emoji=$(cat "$EMOJI_FILE" | grep -v '#' | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$')
line=$(echo "$emoji" | rofi -dmenu -i -p 'emoji: ' $@)
line=($line)
echo -n "${line[0]}" | xsel -i -b
}
if [[ "$1" =~ -D|--download ]]; then
download
exit 0
elif [[ "$1" =~ -h|--help ]]; then
echo "usage: $0 [-D|--download]"
exit 0
fi
display
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