REST API - emoticons in messages

Hi kwlange,

In the admin under Display > Emoticons, there are two options:

• "Turn off emoticons everywhere" - This may be a bit over-kill
• "Turn off emoticons within preformatted text" - If this is enabled, emoticons will not be used within <pre> tags.

So if you've enabled the latter option, you should be able to wrap your text in a <pre> tag and that will prevent the emoticons from appearing.

One caveat; however... The default styling for <pre> tags is what's used for our "Insert Code" feature. If you don't like how this appears, you could assign your own class for the <pre> tags you insert and then style as needed.

I hope this helps!