parsing emoji list great, but now the list is too long! ha

src/lib/refresh_emoji.nim

@@ -1,38 +1,39 @@
+import jsony
 import strutils
 import re
 import httpclient
-
-type
-  Emoji = tuple
-    emoji: string
-    name: string
+import emurrjilist
 
 var emojis: seq[Emoji] = @[]
 let e_re = re"E[0-9\.]+"
 
-proc parse(body: string): seq[string] =
+proc parse(body: string) =
   for line in body.split("\n"):
     if line == "" or (line.len > 0 and line[0] == '#'):
       continue
     try:
       let parts = line.split("#")
       let emo = parts[1].split(e_re)
-      var emoji = (emoji: emo[0], name: emo[1])
-      emoji.emoji = emoji.emoji.strip(chars={' '})
-      emoji.name = emoji.name.strip()
+      var emoji = Emoji()
+      emoji.emoji = emo[0].strip(chars={' '})
+      emoji.name = emo[1].strip()
       emojis.add(emoji)
     except:
       echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()
 
-proc getUnicodeOrgEmoji(): seq[string] =
+proc getUnicodeOrgEmoji() =
   const url = "https://unicode.org/Public/emoji/latest/emoji-test.txt"
   var client = newHttpClient()
   let page = client.get(url)
   parse(page.body)
 
+proc save(emojis: seq[Emoji]) =
+  let file = "emojis.json"
+  writeFile(file, emojis.toJson())
 
 proc getEmojis() =
-  let emojis = getUnicodeOrgEmoji()
+  getUnicodeOrgEmoji()
+  save(emojis)
 
 when isMainModule:
   getEmojis()

wm_tools.nimble

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ requires "nim >= 2.0.0"
 requires "parsetoml >= 0.7.1"
 requires "argparse"
 requires "configparser"
+requires "jsony"
 
 task refresh_emoji, "Refresh Emoji Library file":
   exec "nim c -r src/lib/refresh_emoji.nim"