Telegram Emoji

VS Code extension that renders Telegram premium custom emojis inline, right in your editor.

Detects <tg-emoji emoji-id='...'> tags and displays the actual custom emoji image fetched from the Telegram Bot API.

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Requirements

This extension requires a Telegram Bot API token to fetch custom emoji images.

How to get a Bot Token

1. Open Telegram and find @BotFather
2. Send /newbot and follow the prompts (choose a name and username)
3. BotFather will reply with a token like 123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxyz
4. Copy the token

Configure the extension

Ctrl+Shift+P → Telegram Emoji: Set Bot Token → paste your token.

Or add to settings.json:

{
  "telegramEmoji.botToken": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE"
}

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License

MIT