# How to acknowledge contributors to a custom node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-acknowledge-contributors-to-a-custom-node/24058>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [1 April 2020 23:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-acknowledge-contributors-to-a-custom-node/24058 "2020-04-01T23:00:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![drmibell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/drmibell/32/8424_2.png) [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Post date:** [1 April 2020 23:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-acknowledge-contributors-to-a-custom-node/24058/1 "2020-04-01T23:00:02Z")

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I need to know how the flow library picks up the identity of the maintainer and contributors of a node. I put this information in the README file, of course, but either npm or the library script gets information for the sidebar of the library web page from somewhere else. I tried putting "author" and "contributors" keys in the `package.json` file, but those values are not what appears in the sidebar. Is there something lurking in the documentation that I've missed?

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**Author:** ![drmibell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/drmibell/32/8424_2.png) [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2020 23:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-acknowledge-contributors-to-a-custom-node/24058/2 "2020-05-31T23:00:04Z")

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