From b7270add3305bea77bc88fbd0b8dfff6b40c5b91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxime Robert <maxime.robert@smile.fr>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:48:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #661

---
 utils.js | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 7d95edd7e..52c7d2a6d 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -462,6 +462,13 @@ export const parsePkgLock = async (pkgLockFile, options = {}) => {
 
     let pkg = {};
     let purlString = "";
+    const author = node.package.author;
+    const authorString =
+      author instanceof Object
+        ? `${author.name}${author.email ? ` <${author.email}>` : ""}${
+            author.url ? ` (${author.url})` : ""
+          }`
+        : author;
     if (node == rootNode) {
       purlString = new PackageURL(
         "npm",
@@ -472,7 +479,7 @@ export const parsePkgLock = async (pkgLockFile, options = {}) => {
         null
       ).toString();
       pkg = {
-        author: node.package.author,
+        author: authorString,
         group: options.projectGroup || "",
         name: options.projectName || node.packageName,
         version: options.projectVersion || node.version,
@@ -497,7 +504,7 @@ export const parsePkgLock = async (pkgLockFile, options = {}) => {
         group: "",
         name: node.packageName,
         version: node.version,
-        author: node.package.author,
+        author: authorString,
         scope: scope,
         _integrity: integrity,
         properties: [