Emoji shortcode

CHANGES.txt

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Math support changes
 Features
 --------
 
+* New emoji shortcode
 * Add a list of template variables to documentation (Issues #2328,
   #2712, #2259) and update the theming reference (Issue #2259)
 * Add ``{post_title}`` tag for Read More links (Issue #2709)

nikola/plugin_categories.py

@@ -402,6 +402,12 @@ class ShortcodePlugin(BasePlugin):
 
     name = "dummy_shortcode_plugin"
 
+    def set_site(self, site):
+        """Set Nikola site."""
+        self.site = site
+        site.register_shortcode(self.name, self.handler)
+        return super(ShortcodePlugin, self).set_site(site)
+
 
 class Importer(Command):
     """Basic structure for importing data into Nikola.

nikola/plugins/shortcode/emoji.plugin

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Core]
+name = emoji
+module = emoji
+
+[Nikola]
+PluginCategory = Shortcode
+
+[Documentation]
+author = Roberto Alsina
+version = 0.1
+website = https://getnikola.com/
+description = emoji shortcode
+

nikola/plugins/shortcode/emoji/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# This file is public domain according to its author, Brian Hsu
+
+"""Emoji directive for reStructuredText."""
+
+import glob
+import json
+import os
+
+from nikola.plugin_categories import ShortcodePlugin
+from nikola import utils
+
+TABLE = {}
+
+LOGGER = utils.get_logger('scan_posts', utils.STDERR_HANDLER)
+
+
+class Plugin(ShortcodePlugin):
+    """Plugin for gist directive."""
+
+    name = "emoji"
+
+    def _populate(self):
+        for fname in glob.glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data', '*.json')):
+            with open(fname) as inf:
+                data = json.load(inf)
+                data = data[list(data.keys())[0]]
+                data = data[list(data.keys())[0]]
+                for item in data:
+                    if item['key'] in TABLE:
+                        LOGGER.warning('Repeated emoji {}'.format(item['key']))
+                    else:
+                        TABLE[item['key']] = item['value']
+
+
+    def handler(self, name, filename=None, site=None, data=None, lang=None, post=None):
+        """Create HTML for emoji."""
+        if not TABLE:
+            self._populate()
+        try:
+            output = '''<span class="emoji">{}</span>'''.format(TABLE[name])
+        except KeyError:
+            LOGGER.warning('Unknown emoji {}'.format(name))
+            output = '''<span class="emoji, error">{}</span>'''.format(name)
+
+        return output, []