authors

Optional | Type: Object or Array

An author contact information

• name Full name (Required)

• email

• url An author’s contact page

• maintainer Specify “maintainer” status

Examples

"authors":
{
    "name": "John Smith",
    "email": "me@john-smith.com",
    "url": "https://www.john-smith/contact"
}

...

"authors":
[
    {
        "name": "John Smith",
        "email": "me@john-smith.com",
        "url": "https://www.john-smith/contact"
    },
    {
        "name": "Andrew Smith",
        "email": "me@andrew-smith.com",
        "url": "https://www.andrew-smith/contact",
        "maintainer": true
    }
]

Note

If authors field is not defined, PlatformIO will try to fetch data from VCS provider (Github, Gitlab, etc) if repository is declared.