Unicode Character Lookup API - Ruby Gem

Unicode Character Lookup is a tool for retrieving detailed information about Unicode characters. It provides codepoint, UTF-16 encoding, category, and emoji name information.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'apiverve_unicodelookup'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install apiverve_unicodelookup

Getting Started

Get your API key at APIVerve

Basic Usage

require 'apiverve_unicodelookup'

# Initialize the client
client = APIVerve::Unicodelookup::Client.new(api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY")

# Make a request
response = client.execute({
  character: "👋",
  codepoint: "1F44B"
})

# Print the response
puts response

Error Handling

begin
  response = client.execute({ character: "👋", codepoint: "1F44B" })
  puts response["data"]
rescue APIVerve::Unicodelookup::ValidationError => e
  puts "Validation error: #{e.errors.join(', ')}"
rescue APIVerve::Unicodelookup::APIError => e
  puts "API error: #{e.message}"
  puts "Status code: #{e.status_code}"
end

Debug Mode

# Enable debug logging
client = APIVerve::Unicodelookup::Client.new(
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  debug: true
)

Example Response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "character": "�",
    "codepoint": "U+D83D",
    "decimal": 55357,
    "hex": "D83D",
    "utf16": "\\uD83D",
    "category": "Control",
    "name": null
  }
}

Documentation

For more information, visit the API Documentation.

Support

• Website: https://apiverve.com/marketplace/unicodelookup?utm_source=ruby&utm_medium=readme
• Email: hello@apiverve.com

License

This gem is available under the MIT License.