{"id":8135,"library":"emot","title":"Emot: Emoji and Emoticon Detection","description":"Emot is a Python library designed for high-performance detection and extraction of emojis and emoticons from text, particularly useful for large-scale datasets. It utilizes advanced dynamic pattern generation based on an internal database. The current version, 3.1, released in August 2021, focuses on performance and bulk processing capabilities. The library provides details like the value, meaning, location, and presence (flag) of detected symbols.","status":"active","version":"3.1","language":"en","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/NeelShah18/emot","tags":["emoji","emoticons","text processing","NLP","data science"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install emot --upgrade","lang":"bash","label":"Install latest version"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"Direct import from internal modules like `emo_unicode` is not part of the public API and can break between versions. Use the main `emot` module.","wrong":"from emot.emo_unicode import UNICODE_EMO, EMOTICONS","symbol":"emot","correct":"import emot"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import emot\n\n# Initialize the emot object (required since v3.0)\nemot_obj = emot.core.emot()\n\ntext_with_emojis = \"I love python 👨 🙂 ❤️\"\ntext_with_emoticons = \"Hello there :-) :D\"\ntext_without_emotions = \"No emotions here.\"\n\n# Detect emojis\nresult_emoji = emot_obj.emoji(text_with_emojis)\nprint(\"Emoji detection:\", result_emoji)\n# Expected output for v3.1: {'value': ['👨', '🙂', '❤'], 'location': [[14, 15], [16, 17], [18, 19]], 'mean': [':man:', ':slightly_smiling_face:', ':red_heart:'], 'flag': True}\n\n# Detect emoticons\nresult_emoticon = emot_obj.emoticons(text_with_emoticons)\nprint(\"Emoticon detection:\", result_emoticon)\n# Expected output for v3.1: {'value': [':-)', ':D'], 'location': [[12, 15], [16, 18]], 'mean': ['Happy face smiley', 'Grinning face'], 'flag': True}\n\n# Handle text without emotions\nresult_none = emot_obj.emoji(text_without_emotions)\nprint(\"No emotions detection:\", result_none)\n# Expected output for v3.1: {'value': [], 'location': [], 'mean': [], 'flag': False}","lang":"python","description":"Initialize the `emot` object and then use its `emoji()` or `emoticons()` methods to detect and extract symbols from a given string. The methods return a dictionary containing lists for 'value', 'location', 'mean', and a 'flag' indicating presence."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Update your code to expect a dictionary output and access keys like `result['value']` instead of iterating over a list of dictionaries.","message":"The return type of `emoji()` and `emoticons()` methods changed significantly in v2.0. It shifted from a list of dictionaries to a single dictionary where keys (like 'value', 'location', 'mean') hold lists, and a new boolean 'flag' was introduced.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=2.0.0"},{"fix":"Change `import emot` to `emot_obj = emot.core.emot()` and then call methods using `emot_obj.emoji(text)`. Ensure your environment uses Python 3.x.","message":"Starting from v3.0, `emot` requires explicit object instantiation via `emot.core.emot()`. Direct calls like `emot.emoji(text)` are no longer supported. Additionally, Python 2.x support was dropped, requiring Python 3.x.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=3.0.0"},{"fix":"Implement post-processing logic to filter out skin tone modifiers if they are not desired as individual detections. For example, check if the 'mean' field contains ':_skin_tone:' and remove such entries.","message":"Emojis with skin tone modifiers (e.g., 👨🏽) might be incorrectly parsed as two separate emojis (e.g., '👨' and ':medium_skin_tone:') leading to double-counting or unexpected results.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"All versions"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Avoid direct imports from internal modules. Use the top-level `emot` module and its documented methods, typically after initializing the `emot.core.emot()` object for versions 3.0 and above. Correct usage is `import emot`.","cause":"Attempting to import internal module components directly which are not part of the public API or have been removed/renamed in newer versions.","error":"ImportError: cannot import name 'UNICODE_EMO' from 'emot.emo_unicode'"},{"fix":"For `emot` v3.0+, you must first initialize an `emot` object: `emot_obj = emot.core.emot()`. Then, call the methods on this object: `emot_obj.emoji(text)`.","cause":"Attempting to call `emot.emoji()` or `emot.emoticons()` directly on the imported module in versions 3.0 and later.","error":"TypeError: 'module' object is not callable (e.g., emot.emoji(text) fails)"}]}