I am using the slack API to get the full list of emoji, so that when I get a message, I will just replace :squirrel:
with the icon.
The method https://slack.com/api/emoji.list
works like a charm, but returns 30 icons only. I think this is correct since in the documentation page (https://api.slack.com/methods/emoji.list) they say:
This method lists the custom emoji for a team.
Fair enough, but how can I get the full list of the associations icon-name / icon URL ?
Not entirely sure if this is what you are looking for, but if it's just about mapping images to slack-style names, this is a pretty good library:
https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data
So, building on the example in their README:
The emoji with the Slack style short name point_up
has the hex value 261d
, and can thus be found here: https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/blob/master/img-apple-160/261d.png
(Apple, because the default slack emoji are the apple emoji)