How to decode Unicode escape sequence emojis encoded as uXXXX?

Question:

I am trying to use python to sort through my downloaded Instagram data, the data is a json file, but emoji and other non-text characters are encoded in a way I do not understand, for example:

The json file will contain:
u00e2u009cu008cu00f0u009fu0096u00a4u00f0u009fu008du0095u00f0u009fu008eu00b6u00f0u009fu00a4u00af.
Which on the instagram app is displayed:
✌

Or json: u00e2u0080u0099. Instagram: '(apostrophe)

I have tried to use u"string" and have found similar questions here, here and here but none are in python or provide any useful details to me.

Asked By: Elephant

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Answers:

Try

.encode('latin-1').decode('utf-8')))
Answered By: Ani

if you are on windows press win + .
you will get a prompt with emojis
then do
print(" ")
output:

Answered By: Liam Hall