Maven Courses & Instructors Scraper

Scrape course listings, details, and instructor profiles from Maven (maven.com) — the leading cohort-based learning platform trusted by thousands of professionals. Extract course metadata, instructor bios, ratings, start dates, and more — without any account or API key.

What This Actor Does

• Search courses by keyword across all Maven categories
• Browse by category — AI, Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and more
• Fetch course details from specific Maven course URLs
• Get instructor profiles with bio, avatar, and all their listed courses
• Discover featured/trending courses on Maven's homepage

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	Select	What to scrape: search, byCategory, getCourse, getInstructor, featured
searchQuery	Text	Keyword search query (mode=search)
startUrls	List	Maven course or instructor URLs (getCourse/getInstructor)
category	Select	Category filter: AI, Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, Finance, Leadership, Data, Entrepreneurship, Founders
isFree	Boolean	Only return free courses
minPrice	Number	Minimum course price in USD
maxPrice	Number	Maximum course price in USD
minRating	Number	Minimum average rating (0–5)
maxItems	Number	Maximum records to return (default: 20)

Output — Course Record

Field	Type	Description
courseId	String	Maven internal course ID
title	String	Course title
description	String	Course description (detail mode)
instructorName	String	Instructor name(s)
instructorBio	String	Instructor bio / headline
instructorUrl	String	Instructor profile URL
instructorImageUrl	String	Instructor avatar URL
startDate	String	Next cohort start date (ISO)
duration	String	Course duration (e.g., "7 weeks")
rating	Number	Average rating (0–10 scale)
reviewCount	Integer	Number of ratings
category	String	Course category
format	String	full_course or workshop
url	String	Course page URL
thumbnailUrl	String	Course thumbnail image URL
recordType	String	Always "course"
scrapedAt	String	ISO timestamp

Output — Instructor Record

Field	Type	Description
instructorId	String	Maven school/instructor ID
name	String	Instructor display name
bio	String	Full instructor bio
headline	String	Short headline/tagline
profileUrl	String	Maven profile URL
avatarUrl	String	Profile photo URL
linkedinUrl	String	LinkedIn profile URL
twitterHandle	String	Twitter/X handle
verified	Boolean	Maven-verified instructor
courses	Array	List of their courses (title + url)
recordType	String	Always "instructor"
scrapedAt	String	ISO timestamp

Example Output

{
  "courseId": "11252",
  "title": "AI Product Management Certification by Product Faculty",
  "description": "#1 Rated AI Certificate. Acquire the skills needed to confidently build AI products",
  "instructorName": "Rohan Varma & Henry Shi",
  "instructorBio": "Product Leader, Codex at OpenAI",
  "startDate": "2026-06-22T22:00:00Z",
  "duration": "7 weeks",
  "rating": 9.5,
  "reviewCount": 1272,
  "category": "Product",
  "format": "full_course",
  "url": "https://maven.com/product-faculty/ai-product-management-certification",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://d2426xcxuh3ht5.cloudfront.net/hero.png",
  "recordType": "course",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-17T07:00:00+00:00"
}

Modes

search — Search by keyword

Searches course titles across all Maven categories.

{"mode": "search", "searchQuery": "product management", "maxItems": 20}

byCategory — Browse a category

Returns all courses in a specific category.

{"mode": "byCategory", "category": "AI", "maxItems": 50}

getCourse — Fetch specific course(s)

Fetches full details for specific course URLs.

{
  "mode": "getCourse",
  "startUrls": ["https://maven.com/product-faculty/ai-product-management-certification"]
}

getInstructor — Instructor profile

Returns instructor profile and their courses.

{
  "mode": "getInstructor",
  "startUrls": ["https://maven.com/wes-kao/maven-course-accelerator"]
}

featured — Featured courses

Returns trending courses from Maven's homepage.

{"mode": "featured", "maxItems": 30}

FAQ

Does this require a Maven account? No. All course listings and details scraped are publicly accessible without login.

Why don't course records always have a price? Maven does not display pricing on listing pages. Pricing information is shown on the checkout page after user interaction and is not available in the public HTML.

How fresh is the data? Each run fetches live data from Maven. Course details (start dates, instructor info) reflect what is currently on the site.

How many courses can I scrape? Set maxItems up to 5000. Maven has hundreds of active courses across all categories.

Can I search multiple categories? Use mode=search with a keyword, which searches across all categories. Or use multiple byCategory runs.

Does it handle multiple instructors per course? Yes. instructorName joins all instructor names with " & " and instructorNames provides the full list.

What is the rating scale? Maven ratings use a raw sum/count model. The actor computes rating = sumRatings / numRatings which can exceed 5.0 depending on Maven's internal weighting. A value around 9–10 typically indicates an excellent course.

Limitations

• Pricing data is not available on public listing or detail pages
• Courses requiring login to view are not scraped
• The scraper respects Maven's rate limits with built-in delays
• Build IDs change with Maven deployments; the actor auto-detects the current build ID on each run