lib/readability.rb in ruby-readability-0.5.4 vs lib/readability.rb in ruby-readability-0.5.5

@@ -129,9 +129,58 @@
     def title
       title = @html.css("title").first
       title ? title.text : nil
     end
 
+    # Look through the @html document looking for the author
+    # Precedence Information here on the wiki: (TODO attach wiki URL if it is accepted)
+    # Returns nil if no author is detected
+    def author
+      # Let's grab this author:
+      # <meta name="dc.creator" content="Finch - http://www.getfinch.com" />
+      author_elements = @html.xpath('//meta[@name = "dc.creator"]')
+      unless author_elements.empty?
+        author_elements.each do |element|
+          if element['content']
+            return element['content'].strip
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Now let's try to grab this
+      # <span class="byline author vcard"><span>By</span><cite class="fn">Austin Fonacier</cite></span>
+      # <div class="author">By</div><div class="author vcard"><a class="url fn" href="http://austinlivesinyoapp.com/">Austin Fonacier</a></div>
+      author_elements = @html.xpath('//*[contains(@class, "vcard")]//*[contains(@class, "fn")]')
+      unless author_elements.empty?
+        author_elements.each do |element|
+          if element.text
+            return element.text.strip
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Now let's try to grab this
+      # <a rel="author" href="http://dbanksdesign.com">Danny Banks (rel)</a>
+      # TODO: strip out the (rel)?
+      author_elements = @html.xpath('//a[@rel = "author"]')
+      unless author_elements.empty?
+        author_elements.each do |element|
+          if element.text
+            return element.text.strip
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      author_elements = @html.xpath('//*[@id = "author"]')
+      unless author_elements.empty?
+        author_elements.each do |element|
+          if element.text
+            return element.text.strip
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     def content(remove_unlikely_candidates = :default)
       @remove_unlikely_candidates = false if remove_unlikely_candidates == false
 
       prepare_candidates
       article = get_article(@candidates, @best_candidate)