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Add support for author tag parsing
Alpha4615 Nov 13, 2025
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Add unit test for author tag parsing
Alpha4615 Nov 13, 2025
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions __tests__/index.spec.ts
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Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ describe(`#getLinkPreview()`, () => {
expect(linkInfo.charset?.toLowerCase()).toEqual(`utf-8`);
});

it("should extract author from news article", async () => {
const linkInfo: any = await getLinkPreview(
`https://www.usatoday.com/story/special/contributor-content/2025/10/15/why-chaos-engineering-is-more-important-than-ever-in-the-ai-era/86712877007/`
);

expect(linkInfo.author).toEqual(`Matt Emma`);
})

it(`should extract link info from a URL with a newline`, async () => {
const linkInfo: any = await getLinkPreview(
`
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions index.ts
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Expand Up @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ interface ILinkPreviewResponse {
url: string;
title: string;
siteName: string | undefined;
author: string | undefined;
description: string | undefined;
mediaType: string;
contentType: string | undefined;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ function getSiteName(doc: cheerio.Root) {
return siteName;
}

function getAuthor(doc: cheerio.Root) {
const author =
metaTagContent(doc, `author`, `name`) ||
metaTagContent(doc, `article:author`, `property`);
return author;
}

function getDescription(doc: cheerio.Root) {
const description =
metaTagContent(doc, `description`, `name`) ||
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title: getTitle(doc),
siteName: getSiteName(doc),
description: getDescription(doc),
author: getAuthor(doc),
mediaType: getMediaType(doc) || `website`,
contentType,
images: getImages(doc, url, options.imagesPropertyType),
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