download emojis from yaml

downloadPack.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import yaml
import sys
import requests
import os

yaml_file = sys.argv[1]

packname = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(yaml_file))[0]
odir = 'downloads/'+packname+'/'
os.makedirs(odir,exist_ok=True)

with open(yaml_file, 'r') as stream:
    try:
        data = yaml.safe_load(stream)
    except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
        print(exc)

for e in data['emojis']:
    response = requests.get(e['src'])
    ext = os.path.splitext(e['src'])[1]
    if response.ok:
        file = open(odir+e['name']+ext, "wb+")
        file.write(response.content)
        file.close()
    else:
        print("Failed to get the file")

Here is a script for downloading and renaming emoji icons for bulk upload elsewhere, for example slack.

Usage

python downloadPack.py packs/starwars.yaml
ls -l downloads/starwars

Using this + the neutral face emoji tools extension to bulk-upload works for me.