title: How to send emojis/emoticons with nodejs xmpp client on google chat/hangouts
body: <p>I've implemented a Google chat bot using <a href="http://nodered.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">node-red</a> xmpp client nodes.
  Everything works ok, but I don't know how to make my bot to send me a smiley/emoji/emoticon/etc.</p>
  
  <p>For example, I want to say to my bot "hey, thanks", and I'd like the bot response to be the "thumbs up" emoticon, the one that comes up when you type "(Y)":</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/82yEI.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/82yEI.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>But what I get is the literal string "(Y)" and not the graphical equivalent. Do I have to send it in unicode or something like that? I'm guessing the graphical interpretation is up to the chat client (I'm chatting from the hangouts widget inside the gmail inbox page).</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>