I 💖 emojis, so when I heard about the new Twilio API for WhatsApp I wanted to build something emojiriffic. Inspired by Monica Dinculescu’s to_emoji Twitter bot and emoji translator I decided to build a WhatsApp text-to-emoji translator.

You walk into your favourite coffee shop and today they ask you if you’d like to register for a loyalty card. All they need is your name and phone number. On the way back you stop for groceries and the cashier asks if you’d like to enter a prize draw.