loads http://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.txt into nodejs.
# debian
sudo apt-get install unicode-data # optional
# gentoo
sudo emerge unicode-data # optional
npm install unicodeIf you have problems installing UnicodeData.txt because unicode.org is down or you're behind a proxy, try installing unicode-data via your system package installer.
If you got the file already at hand you can specify the path to it in the environment varialbe NODE_UNICODETABLE_UNICODEDATA_TXT.
master//node-unicodetable » node
> require('unicode/category/So')["♥".charCodeAt(0)]
{ value: '2665',
name: 'BLACK HEART SUIT',
category: 'So',
class: '0',
bidirectional_category: 'ON',
mapping: '',
decimal_digit_value: '',
digit_value: '',
numeric_value: '',
mirrored: 'N',
unicode_name: '',
comment: '',
uppercase_mapping: '',
lowercase_mapping: '',
titlecase_mapping: '',
symbol: '♥' }