# QuickCode

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| logo            = [[File:ScraperWiki logo.svg|250px|The ScraperWiki logo, a [wheel tractor-scraper](/source/wheel_tractor-scraper).]]
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| url             = {{URL|https://quickcode.io/}}
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| language        = English
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| current_status  = Inactive
| revenue         = Sponsored by 4iP<ref name=4ip-invest>{{cite web |author=Jamie Arnold |date=2009-12-01 |title=4iP invests in ScraperWiki |publisher=4iP |url=http://www.4ip.org.uk/2009/12/4ip-invests-in-scraperwiki/ }}</ref>
| content_license = [GNU Affero General Public License](/source/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/sensiblecodeio/custard/blob/master/LICENCE|title=GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 - sensiblecodeio|website=GitHub|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref>
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'''QuickCode''' (formerly '''ScraperWiki''') was a web-based platform for collaboratively building programs to extract and analyze public (online) data, in a [wiki](/source/wiki)-like fashion. "Scraper" refers to [screen scraper](/source/screen_scraper)s, programs that extract data from websites. "Wiki" means that any user with [programming](/source/Computer_programming) experience can create or edit such programs for extracting new data, or for analyzing existing datasets.<ref name=4ip-invest /> The main use of the website is providing a place for [programmer](/source/programmer)s and [journalist](/source/journalist)s to collaborate on analyzing public data.<ref>{{cite news |author=Cian Ginty |date=2010-11-19 |title=Hacks and hackers unite to get solid stories from difficult data |publisher=The Irish Times |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/1119/1224283709384.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Paul Bradshaw |date=2010-07-07 |title=An introduction to data scraping with Scraperwiki |publisher=Online Journalism Blog |url=http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/07/07/an-introduction-to-data-scraping-with-scraperwiki/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Charles Arthur |date=2010-11-22 |title=Analysing data is the future for journalists, says Tim Berners-Lee |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/nov/22/data-analysis-tim-berners-lee }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Deirdre McArdle |date=2010-11-19 |title=In The Papers 19 November |publisher=ENN |url=http://www.enn.ie/story/show/10125973 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2010-11-15 |title=Journalists and developers join forces for Lichfield 'hack day' |publisher=The Lichfield Blog |url=http://thelichfieldblog.co.uk/2010/11/15/journalists-and-developers-join-forces-for-lichfield-hack-day/ |access-date=2010-12-09 |archive-date=2010-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124082507/http://thelichfieldblog.co.uk/2010/11/15/journalists-and-developers-join-forces-for-lichfield-hack-day/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Alison Spillane |date=2010-11-17 |title=Online tool helps to create greater public data transparency |publisher=Politico |url=http://politico.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6906:online-tool-helps-to-create-greater-public-data-transparency&catid=193:science-tech&Itemid=880 }}</ref>

The service was renamed circa 2016, as "it isn't a wiki or just for scraping any more".<ref name="ScraperWiki">{{cite web|url=https://scraperwiki.com/|title=ScraperWiki|access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref> At the same time, the eponymous parent company was renamed 'The Sensible Code Company'.<ref name="ScraperWiki" />

==History==
ScraperWiki was founded in 2009 by [Julian Todd](/source/Julian_Todd) and Aidan McGuire. It was initially funded by 4iP, the venture capital arm of TV station [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4_Television_Corporation). Since then, it has attracted an additional £1 Million round of funding from Enterprise Ventures.

[Aidan McGuire](/source/Aidan_McGuire) is the [chief executive officer](/source/chief_executive_officer) of The Sensible Code Company

==See also==
* [Data driven journalism](/source/Data_driven_journalism)
* [Web scraping](/source/Web_scraping)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://quickcode.io/}}
* [https://github.com/sensiblecodeio/custard github repository of custard]

Category:Collaborative projects
Category:Wiki software
Category:Social information processing
Category:Web analytics
Category:Mashup (web application hybrid)
Category:Web scraping
Category:Software using the GNU Affero General Public License

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