QuickCode

QuickCode (formerly ScraperWiki) was a web-based

platform for collaboratively building programs to extract and
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analyze public (online) data, in a wiki-like fashion. "Scraper"
refers to screen scrapers, programs that extract data from
websites. "Wiki" means that any user with programming
experience can create or edit such programs for extracting new Available in English
data, or for analyzing existing datasets.[1] The main use of the
Revenue Sponsored by 4iP[1]
website is providing a place for programmers and journalists to
collaborate on analyzing public data.[3][4][5][6][7][8] URL quickcode.io (https://
quickcode.io/)
The service was renamed circa 2016, as "it isn't a wiki or just
Current status Inactive
for scraping any more".[9] At the same time, the eponymous
parent company was renamed 'The Sensible Code Content Affero General Public
license License[2]
Company'.[9]

Scrapers
Scrapers are created using a browser based IDE or by connecting via SSH to a server running Linux. They
can be programmed using a variety of programming languages, including Perl, Python, Ruby, JavaScript
and R.

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

Aidan McGuire is the chief executive officer of The Sensible Code Company

See also
Data driven journalism
Web scraping

References
1. Jamie Arnold (2009-12-01). "4iP invests in ScraperWiki" (http://www.4ip.org.uk/2009/12/4ip-i
nvests-in-scraperwiki/). 4iP.
2. "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 - sensiblecodeio" (https://github.com/sensiblecode
io/custard/blob/master/LICENCE). GitHub. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
3. Cian Ginty (2010-11-19). "Hacks and hackers unite to get solid stories from difficult data" (htt
p://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/1119/1224283709384.html). The Irish
Times.
 4. Paul Bradshaw (2010-07-07). "An introduction to data scraping with Scraperwiki" (http://onli
nejournalismblog.com/2010/07/07/an-introduction-to-data-scraping-with-scraperwiki/).
Online Journalism Blog.
5. Charles Arthur (2010-11-22). "Analysing data is the future for journalists, says Tim Berners-
Lee" (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/nov/22/data-analysis-tim-berners-lee). The
Guardian.
6. Deirdre McArdle (2010-11-19). "In The Papers 19 November" (http://www.enn.ie/story/show/
10125973). ENN.
7. "Journalists and developers join forces for Lichfield 'hack day' " (http://thelichfieldblog.co.uk/
2010/11/15/journalists-and-developers-join-forces-for-lichfield-hack-day/). The Lichfield
Blog. 2010-11-15.
8. Alison Spillane (2010-11-17). "Online tool helps to create greater public data transparency"
(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). Politico.
9. "ScraperWiki" (https://scraperwiki.com/). Retrieved 7 February 2017.

External links
Official website (https://quickcode.io/)
github repository of custard (https://github.com/sensiblecodeio/custard)

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