QuickCode

QuickCode
The ScraperWiki logo, a wheel tractor-scraper.
Available inEnglish
RevenueSponsored by 4iP[1]
URLquickcode.io
Current statusInactive
Content license
GNU Affero General Public License[2]

QuickCode (formerly ScraperWiki) was a web-based platform for collaboratively building programs to extract and 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 data, or for analyzing existing datasets.[1] The main use of the website is providing a place for programmers and journalists to collaborate on analyzing public data.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

The service was renamed circa 2016, as "it isn't a wiki or just for scraping any more".[9] At the same time, the eponymous parent company was renamed 'The Sensible Code Company'.[9]

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

References

  1. ^ a b Jamie Arnold (2009-12-01). "4iP invests in ScraperWiki". 4iP.
  2. ^ "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 - sensiblecodeio". GitHub. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. ^ Cian Ginty (2010-11-19). "Hacks and hackers unite to get solid stories from difficult data". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ Paul Bradshaw (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". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Deirdre McArdle (2010-11-19). "In The Papers 19 November". ENN.
  7. ^ "Journalists and developers join forces for Lichfield 'hack day'". The Lichfield Blog. 2010-11-15. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  8. ^ Alison Spillane (2010-11-17). "Online tool helps to create greater public data transparency". Politico.
  9. ^ a b "ScraperWiki". Retrieved 7 February 2017.


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