package-author-names

Extract author names from package data

var pkg = {
  name: 'foo',
  version: '1.0.0',
  description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
  authors: [
    'Bob <foo@email> (bar.com)',
    {
      name: 'Sue'
    }
  ]
};
 
packageAuthorNames(pkg); //=> ['Bob', 'Sue']

It supports package.json and bower.json.

Installation

Package managers

npm

npm install package-author-names

bower

bower install package-author-names

Duo

var packageAuthorNames = require('shinnn/package-author-names');

Standalone

Download the script file directly and install the dependency.

Dependency

• parse-author-name

API

packageAuthorNames(packageData)

packageData: Object
Return: Array of String

It returns an array of author names specified in the author and authors properties of its first argument.

var packageAuthorNames = require('package-author-names');
 
var pkg = require('./package.json');
packageAuthorNames(pkg); //=> ['Shinnosuke Watanabe']

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Shinnosuke Watanabe

Licensed under the MIT License.