Outschool Class Scraper

Scrape Outschool's catalog of live-online and self-paced classes for kids and teens. Search by keyword, subject, and format; get pricing, ratings, age/grade ranges, teacher profiles, and upcoming schedules. Enrich individual class URLs with full syllabi, learning goals, and teacher bios.

What this actor does

• Two modes: search (keyword/subject/format search with rich filters) and byUrls (fetch full details for specific class URLs)
• Filters: class type (Academic Curriculum / Tutoring / Electives & Enrichment), subjects, format (live/self-paced), age range, price range, minimum rating, exclude ongoing clubs, only-available
• Sorting: price, rating, or newest
• Rich detail enrichment: full class description, teacher bio/credentials, learning goals, prerequisites, materials, and a lesson-by-lesson syllabus
• No login, no cookies, no paid proxy — public class-catalog data only, via the same GraphQL endpoints Outschool's own site explicitly allow-lists for crawlers in robots.txt
• Empty fields are omitted — every record only contains fields that have real data

Output per class

• title — class title
• sourceUrl — canonical outschool.com/classes/... URL
• classSlug — Outschool's class slug ID
• summary / quickSummary — class description
• subject — top-level subject (e.g. Coding & Tech, Math)
• classFormat — Live online or Self-Paced
• ageMin / ageMax, gradeLevelMin / gradeLevelMax
• durationMinutes, durationWeeks, weeklyMeetings, meetingCount (mode=byUrls)
• priceCents / priceDollars
• rating, reviewCount
• sizeMin / sizeMax — class size range
• isClub, isSelfPaced, isFlexSchedule, isOneTime, isAvailable, canEnroll
• imageUrl, videoUrl, videoThumbnailUrl
• teacherName, teacherUrl, teacherRating, teacherReviewCount, teacherPhotoUrl
• nextSectionStart / nextSectionEnd, spotsRemaining (mode=search)
• sectionCount, openSectionCount, upcomingSectionCount — total / open / upcoming class sections (mode=search)
• lessonCount, syllabus[] (mode=byUrls: title, description, lessonNumber, weekNumber)
• learningGoals[], prerequisites, materials, classExperience, whyMe (mode=byUrls)
• teacherAbout, teacherHeadline, teacherCredentials[], teacherCityState, teacherClassCount (mode=byUrls)
• publishedAt, isPublished, isSoldOut (mode=byUrls)
• recordType: "class", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search / byUrls
searchQuery	string	coding	Free-text query. Leave empty to browse by subject/format only.
classType	select	–	Course (Academic Curriculum) / Tutoring / Enrichment or Club (Electives & Enrichment). Leave empty for all types.
subjects	array	–	Coding & Tech / English / Math / Life Skills / Science & Nature / Games & Hobbies / World Languages / Social Studies / Arts / Music / Health & Wellness / Test Prep
formats	array	–	Live online / Self-Paced
onlyAvailable	boolean	true	Skip sold-out / non-enrollable classes
minAge / maxAge	int	–	Age range overlap filter (3-18)
minPriceDollars / maxPriceDollars	number	–	Price range filter (USD)
minRating	number	–	Drop classes rated below this (0-5)
excludeClubs	boolean	false	Skip open-ended clubs, only structured classes
sortBy	select	relevance	relevance / priceAsc / priceDesc / ratingDesc / newest
classUrls	array	–	Class URLs to fetch (mode=byUrls)
maxItems	int	30	Hard cap on emitted records (1–500)

Example: affordable self-paced coding classes for ages 10-14

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "",
  "subjects": ["Coding & Tech"],
  "formats": ["Self-Paced"],
  "minAge": 10,
  "maxAge": 14,
  "maxPriceDollars": 100,
  "sortBy": "priceAsc",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: highest-rated live math classes

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "math",
  "formats": ["Live online"],
  "minRating": 4.5,
  "sortBy": "ratingDesc"
}

Example: enrich specific class URLs with full syllabus

{
  "mode": "byUrls",
  "classUrls": [
    "https://outschool.com/classes/all-about-python-coding-level-1-Y3R381hD"
  ]
}

Use cases

• Homeschool curriculum planning — build a shortlist of classes filtered by age, subject, and budget
• Edtech competitive analysis — track Outschool's catalog breadth and pricing by subject
• Teacher/instructor research — pull ratings, credentials, and class history for specific educators
• Content gap analysis — compare subject/format coverage against your own platform
• Price benchmarking — analyze pricing distribution across subjects and formats

FAQ

Do I need an Outschool account? No. This actor only reads publicly available class-catalog data through the same GraphQL endpoints Outschool's own class-search page and class-detail pages call — no login, cookies, or paid proxy required.

Why do some classes lack a rating? Newly-listed classes haven't accumulated reviews yet. Use minRating to filter these out if needed.

What's the difference between search and byUrls? search returns catalog-level fields (price, rating, schedule) across many classes at once. byUrls fetches each class's own detail page for richer content — full syllabus, learning goals, prerequisites, and teacher bio — at the cost of one request per class.

How is priceDollars calculated? Outschool prices classes in cents; priceDollars is priceCents / 100.

What does classType filter? Outschool's own top-level browse tabs: Course = Academic Curriculum (structured, sequential courses), Tutoring = 1-on-1 or small-group tutoring, Enrichment or Club = Electives & Enrichment (hobby classes, ongoing clubs/groups). Leave empty to search across all types.

What counts as a "club"? Outschool's open-ended, ongoing group activities (not fixed-length classes). Set excludeClubs: true to only get structured, scheduled classes.

How fresh is the data? Real-time — every run queries Outschool's live class-search index.

How does sortBy (price/rating/newest) work? The actor scans a deeper pool of results (beyond just maxItems) before sorting and truncating, so the top results by price/rating/recency are accurate over a representative slice of the catalog rather than only the first page of relevance-ranked matches.

Limitations

Outschool's robots.txt also allow-lists three GraphQL operations this actor does not currently call (ListingsByActivityUids, ListByFirstListedAt, CategoryPagesByPage) — their exact query documents are not derivable without a live browser session (the GraphQL endpoint uses byte-exact query allow-listing and returns opaque errors for unregistered queries). The search mode with sortBy: "newest" and a deep scan, plus subjects/formats filters, closely approximates what those endpoints would offer.