Create endpoint for adding new emoji

[xytxytxyt]

So that we can add new emoji in a one-time batch.

[jerhinesmith]

:+1:

I'm trying to upload team-based emoji (e.g. NBA teams, NFL teams, etc.), and it would be super useful to not have to do these through the web UI.

[inkel]

Yes please. This would be really useful.

[judemelancon]

I also wish for this feature.

[smashwilson]

I actually hacked up slack-emojinator as a way to do batch emoji addition just by automating the form upload, but it's (1) it's kind of terrible and (2) I'm pretty sure it's broken right now.

If anyone has the bandwidth to patch it up I will happily accept PRs and/or interested collaborators :wink: It's written in Python.

[grundleborg]

@smashwilson your script seems to be working fine - I just used it to upload a bunch of emoji - nice work!

[austinemayer]

I have been trying to batch upload animated gif pokemon sprites. I can not seem to get anything to go through. Do we know if this still works?

[awalla]

Thanks for the votes for this! We have seen previous requests for bulk uploading emoji and it's something that's on the to-do list. It's a long list so we don't have a timeline, but we do know it would be greatly appreciated. For any other suggestions you might have, you can also get in touch with us at feedback@slack.com. We'll be keeping an eye on issues here, but we'll generally be able to get you a speedier reply from there. Thanks again!

[cmoine]

+1 for this feature

[gileswells]

+1 of course but also for new people to this thread @smashwilson's slack-emojinator is functional and a way around this limitation for the time being.

[lambtron]

I, too, was frustrated at this, so I wrote https://github.com/lambtron/emojipacks as well as http://www.emojipacks.com/ to solve for this!

[MaitreyaBuddha]

+1 to this feature. Also, how can you close an issue when "it's something that's on the to-do list"? That means it's still open, as far as any task system I have ever known.

[matt-oakes]

👍 for this feature as well.

The use-case I am thinking of is less about "bulk adding" and more about adding a special emoji when a bot is added to the Slack team which users can use in reactions and the bot can use in its messages.

[dumptyd]

+2 for this feature.

[patcon]

YES! Our use-case would be writing a hubot command that will allow team members to easily add emoji from an image url (complete with auto-resizing)

i imagine emojipacks code will help me make a little service in the meantime. Thanks @lambtron!

[mjambon]

For our application, we'd like API support for custom emojis so that our bot could use appropriate icons in all situations. It's a concise way of signaling the nature of a message or the role of a button, and there's not always a good emoji that describes what we want.

[andrhamm]

Please.

[infn8]

+1 * ∞

[joaomarcelofm]

+1 please, needed by next monday

[gileswells]

@joaomarcelofm good luck with that. This thread has been open for over 2and a half years.

[gileswells]

https://github.com/smashwilson/slack-emojinator

Workable alternative and honestly easier than why it would take to implement an api.

[joaomarcelofm]

@gileswells yeah, I'm looking into it already, but thanks man! :) and the deadline stuff was just a little joke with my project mates

[philihp]

would love to see this happen.

[Artemnsk]

Really want to have it. https://github.com/smashwilson/slack-emojinator is not alternative - that is awful to ask user to provide your app with browser cookies to install emojis needed for Slack app. Furthermore emoji could be deleted manually by admin of Slack team and that could broke app UI.

[jufemaiz]

Hi Slackers, would just like to say including the ability to create emojis via the API would be a great step.

Cheers, Joel

[jakebathman]

For anyone needing bulk upload (until Slack adds an endpoint), I've been using this chrome extension for a while and it's great: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/neutral-face-emoji-tools/anchoacphlfbdomdlomnbbfhcmcdmjej

[jackellenberger]

This is now "solved" - /api/emoji.add is now a proper api endpoint that accepts user tokens and multipart form uploads, no user crumb / browser cookie required.

👍 for neutral face emoji, it is perfect for uploading multiple emoji at a time (and hey make a bunch at a time with teaas.fyi !)

I have written https://github.com/jackellenberger/emojme to do more bulk tasks, like migrating emoji across slack instances, syncing emoji between multiple instances, uploading emoji to multiple instances at once, and backing up existing emoji. Enjoy!

[Artemnsk]

Honestly I was sure they add something more sophisticated e.g.

1. To take care of emoji name conflicts (emoji name is already taken by other custom/default emoji)
2. To not allow to remove emoji if it is is "a part of your Slack app" otherwise user with admin rights can (accidentally?) remove you custom emoji and break your Slack app UI.

Seems this api call is not documented yet (https://api.slack.com/methods#emoji). I suppose there will be extra permission available for bot user to add new emojis so my bot can do it during app installation? Hopefully on this stage we can take care of possible name conflicts and add extra "number" suffix to resolve conflict or something..

Anyway the best day of my life 😢

[jackellenberger]

@Artemnsk re: concern # 1, emojme now deals with name conflicts if you pass --avoidCollisions to either add or upload

No news yet whether bots will ever have the power to muck with emoji, but i'm praying for the day.

[ckasabula]

With undocumented /api/emoji.add, getting not_allowed_token_type. have tried bot token xoxb and legacy token xoxp. Any ideas?

[jackellenberger]

@ckasabula it's user tokens only for the time being, xoxs.

[ckasabula]

Thanks @jackellenberger. Figured that out shortly after I posted. Was going to post this morning but you beat me to it.

[pr00se]

@jackellenberger How does one generate user xoxs- tokens? I can't find any mention of them here or elsewhere on the internet.

[jackellenberger]

@pprus https://github.com/jackellenberger/emojme#finding-a-slack-token User tokens are present on every logged in slack page, for the time being.

[qqpann]

It's 7 years ago...