etherpad-lite/doc/jsdoc/AuthorManager.md

# AuthorManager
`require("./AuthorManager");`

The AuthorManager controlls all information about the Pad authors

## Functions

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### getAuthor4Token (token, callback)
Returns the Author Id for a token. If the token is unkown, 
it creates a author for the token

* **token** *(String)* The token
* **callback** *(Function)* callback (err, author) 
The callback function that is called when the result is here

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### getAuthorColorId (author, callback)
Returns the color Id of the author

* **author** *(String)* The id of the author
* **callback** *(Function)* callback(err, colorId)

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### getAuthorName (author, callback)
Returns the name of the author

* **author** *(String)* The id of the author
* **callback** *(Function)* callback(err, name)

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### setAuthorColorId (author, colorId, callback)
Sets the color Id of the author

* **author** *(String)* The id of the author
* **colorId** *No description*
* **callback** *(Function)* (optional)

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### setAuthorName (author, name, callback)
Sets the name of the author

* **author** *(String)* The id of the author
* **name** *No description*
* **callback** *(Function)* (optional)