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| 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>

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| content_license = [[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|accessdateaccess-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]]-like fashion. "Scraper" refers to [[screen scraper]]s, programs that extract data from websites. "Wiki" means that any user with [[Computer programming|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]]s and [[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 |publisherwork=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'hack day’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|work=[[ScraperWiki]]|accessdateaccess-date=7 February 2017}}</ref> At the same time, the eponymous parent company was renamed 'The Sensible Code Company'.<ref name="ScraperWiki" />

==Scrapers==

Scrapers are created using a browser based [[Integrated development environment|IDE]] or by connecting via SSH to a server running [[Linux]]. They can be programmed using a variety of programming languages, including [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[JavaScript]] and [[R (programming language)|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 Television Corporation|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

[[Francis Irving]] is the [[chief executive officer]] of ScraperWiki.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.okfn.org/2012/03/09/from-cms-to-dms-c-is-for-content-d-is-for-data/ |authors=Francis Irving, Rufus Pollock |date=9 March 2012 |title=From CMS to DMS: C is for Content, D is for Data |work=Open Knowledge Blog }}</ref>

==See also==

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[[Category:Collaborative projects]]

[[Category:WikisWiki software]]

[[Category:Social information processing]]

[[Category:Web analytics]]

[[Category:Mashup (web application hybrid)]]

[[Category:Web scraping]]

[[Category:Software using the GNU AGPLAffero licenseGeneral Public License]]