getAuthor.js

function getAuthor () {
	let selectorsToCheck = ['span', 'a', 'link', 'p', ]
	let foundElementsWithAuthorInThem = []
	var obj = {}
	while(selectorsToCheck.length != 0) {
		let ele = Array.from($(selectorsToCheck.shift()))
		let authorRegex = /(author|writer)/
		ele.forEach((el, index) => {
			let attrs = Object.keys(el.attributes)
			for(var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i+=1) {
				if(authorRegex.test(el.attributes[i].value)) {
					foundElementsWithAuthorInThem.push($(el).text())
				}
			}
		})
	}
	let potentialAuthors = foundElementsWithAuthorInThem.map((el) => {
		return {count: 1, name: el}
	}).reduce((accumulator, currentVal) => {
			accumulator[currentVal.name] = (accumulator[currentVal.name] || 0) + currentVal.count
			return accumulator
		}, {})
		let keys = Object.keys(potentialAuthors)
		let partsOfSpeechRegex = /(the|when|a|when|what|where|why|how|who|whom)\s+/
		let foundAuhtor;
		if(keys.length) {
			foundAuhtor = Object.keys(potentialAuthors).filter((key) => {
				if(/[a-z]/.test(key) && !partsOfSpeechRegex.test(key)) {
					return key
				}
			})
		}
		return foundAuhtor
}