For the project I'm working on, I need to create an image file from emoji (ideally Apple emoji). I thought this should be pretty simple, but with every tool I use, I end up stumbling into a wall.
I also considered working with a set of emoji, for example this one , which I could request if necessary. Unfortunately, the one I'm connected to does not have Unicode 9.0 emoji, such as avocado (🥑) shrimp (🦐) or harambe (🦍). Do you know about such an updated set?
In the code, I tried opentype.js, but it does not support .ttc fonts, which is an extension of the emoji font on my mac (Apple Color Emoji.ttc). I converted the font to .ttf, but that didn't work either:
  var opentype = require('opentype.js');
  opentype.load('./build_scripts/apple_color_emoji.ttf', function (err, font) {
      if (err) {
          alert('Could not load font: ' + err);
      } else {
          console.log("loaded the font",font);
          var Canvas = require('canvas')
            , Image = Canvas.Image
            , canvas = new Canvas(200, 200)
            , ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
          var path = font.getPath('🐐🦃', 0, 150, 72);
          path.draw(ctx);
          console.log('<img src="' + canvas.toDataURL() + '" />');
      }
  });
The result is as follows:

fontkit, , , .ttc , , Apple Color Emoji.
  var fontkit = require('fontkit');
  var font = fontkit.openSync('./build_scripts/Apple Color Emoji.ttc'); 
  
.ttf, svg:
  var fontkit = require('fontkit');
  var font = fontkit.openSync('./build_scripts/apple_color_emoji.ttf');
  var run = font.layout('🐐🦃');
  var svg = run.glyphs[0].path.toSVG();
  console.log(svg);
  
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EDIT:
emoji ( rodrigopolo). :
var emoji = "😊".codePointAt(0).toString(16); 
var emojiFile = fs.readFileSync('./my-emoji-folder/' + emoji + '.png');
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, emoji Unicode 8.0, Unicode 9.0. gemoji, . ruby ( ), :
git clone https://github.com/github/gemoji.git
cd gemoji
bundle install
bundle exec gemoji extract some-directory/emoji
Unicode 9.0 emoji /emoji!