# Udemy Course Scraper (`crawlerbros/udemy-scraper`) Actor Scrape Udemy courses with search by keyword, browse by category, filter by level/rating/price. Extracts title, rating, reviews, subscribers, instructors, price, and more. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/udemy-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 11 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Udemy Course Scraper Scrape **Udemy** course data at scale — search by keyword, browse by category, filter by level, rating, price, and subscriber count. No account or API key required. ### What data do you get? | Field | Description | |---|---| | `courseId` | Udemy internal course ID | | `title` | Course title | | `headline` | Short course description/tagline | | `url` | Full course URL | | `isPaid` | Whether the course is paid | | `price` | Price string (e.g. "$12.99") | | `priceNumeric` | Price as a float | | `avgRating` | Average rating (0.0–5.0) | | `numReviews` | Total review count | | `numSubscribers` | Enrolled student count | | `numLectures` | Total lecture count | | `contentLengthMin` | Total video length in minutes | | `level` | Difficulty level | | `primaryCategory` | Top-level category | | `primarySubcategory` | Subcategory | | `instructors` | List of instructor display names | | `primaryInstructor` | First instructor name | | `imageUrl` | Course thumbnail (480×270) | | `publishedTitle` | URL slug | ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `mode` | select | What to fetch (see Modes below) | | `query` | string | Keyword to search (mode=search) | | `courseId` | string | Udemy course ID (mode=byCourseId) | | `instructorId` | string | Udemy instructor user ID (mode=byInstructor) | | `category` | select | Top-level category filter/browse | | `subcategory` | string | Subcategory slug (mode=byCategory) | | `ordering` | select | Sort: relevance, popularity, highest-rated, newest | | `level` | select | All Levels / Beginner / Intermediate / Expert | | `freeOnly` | boolean | Only return free courses | | `minRating` | number | Minimum average rating (0.0–5.0) | | `minSubscribers` | integer | Minimum enrolled student count | | `maxItems` | integer | Max courses to return (default 50) | ### Modes | Mode | Description | |---|---| | `search` (default) | Full-text search across all courses | | `byCourseId` | Fetch a single course by ID | | `byCategory` | Browse all courses in a category or subcategory | | `byInstructor` | All courses by a specific instructor | ### Sample Input ```json { "mode": "search", "query": "Python programming", "ordering": "popularity", "minRating": 4.5, "maxItems": 20 } ```` ### Sample Output ```json { "courseId": 394580, "title": "The Complete Python Bootcamp From Zero to Hero in Python", "url": "https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-python-bootcamp/", "isPaid": true, "price": "$12.99", "priceNumeric": 12.99, "avgRating": 4.65, "numReviews": 503591, "numSubscribers": 1800000, "numLectures": 155, "contentLengthMin": 2230, "level": "All Levels", "primaryCategory": "Development", "instructors": ["Jose Portilla"], "primaryInstructor": "Jose Portilla", "recordType": "course", "siteName": "Udemy", "scrapedAt": "2026-05-10T12:00:00+00:00" } ``` ### Categories Development, Business, Finance & Accounting, IT & Software, Office Productivity, Personal Development, Design, Marketing, Lifestyle, Photography & Video, Health & Fitness, Music, Teaching & Academics ### FAQs **Do I need a Udemy account or API key?** No. The scraper uses Udemy's public API which does not require authentication for course data. **How accurate are subscriber counts?** Subscriber counts are real-time values from the Udemy API. They represent total enrolled students. **Can I filter for only free courses?** Yes — set `freeOnly: true`. Free courses have `isPaid: false`. **What ordering options are available?** `relevance` (default), `popularity`, `highest-rated`, `newest`. **How many courses can I scrape?** Up to 1000 per run using `maxItems`. Pagination is handled automatically. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): What to fetch from Udemy. ## `query` (type: `string`): Keyword to search for (mode=search). ## `courseId` (type: `string`): Udemy numeric course ID or slug (e.g. `complete-python-bootcamp`). ## `instructorId` (type: `string`): Udemy instructor user ID. ## `category` (type: `string`): Browse or filter by top-level Udemy category. ## `subcategory` (type: `string`): Udemy subcategory slug (e.g. `web-development`, `data-science`). Used in mode=byCategory. ## `ordering` (type: `string`): How to sort the results. ## `level` (type: `string`): Only return courses of this difficulty level. ## `freeOnly` (type: `boolean`): Only return free courses (isPaid = false). ## `minRating` (type: `number`): Only return courses with an average rating at or above this value (0.0–5.0). ## `minSubscribers` (type: `integer`): Only return courses with at least this many enrolled students. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of courses to return. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify proxy configuration. Residential proxy is required for Udemy (datacenter IPs are blocked). ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "byCourseId", "query": "Python Bootcamp", "courseId": "complete-python-bootcamp", "category": "", "ordering": "relevance", "level": "", "freeOnly": false, "maxItems": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `records` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped Udemy courses. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "byCourseId", "query": "Python Bootcamp", "courseId": "complete-python-bootcamp", "category": "", "ordering": "relevance", "level": "", "freeOnly": false, "maxItems": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/udemy-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "byCourseId", "query": "Python Bootcamp", "courseId": "complete-python-bootcamp", "category": "", "ordering": "relevance", "level": "", "freeOnly": False, "maxItems": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/udemy-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "mode": "byCourseId", "query": "Python Bootcamp", "courseId": "complete-python-bootcamp", "category": "", "ordering": "relevance", "level": "", "freeOnly": false, "maxItems": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call crawlerbros/udemy-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/udemy-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Udemy Course Scraper", "description": "Scrape Udemy courses with search by keyword, browse by category, filter by level/rating/price. Extracts title, rating, reviews, subscribers, instructors, price, and more.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "PjahAy6EXUQsRiu0o" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~udemy-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-udemy-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~udemy-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-udemy-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~udemy-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-udemy-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "search", "byCourseId", "byCategory", "byInstructor" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to fetch from Udemy.", "default": "byCourseId" }, "query": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Keyword to search for (mode=search).", "default": "Python Bootcamp" }, "courseId": { "title": "Course ID or slug (mode=byCourseId)", "type": "string", "description": "Udemy numeric course ID or slug (e.g. `complete-python-bootcamp`).", "default": "complete-python-bootcamp" }, "instructorId": { "title": "Instructor ID (mode=byInstructor)", "type": "string", "description": "Udemy instructor user ID." }, "category": { "title": "Category", "enum": [ "", "Development", "Business", "Finance & Accounting", "IT & Software", "Office Productivity", "Personal Development", "Design", "Marketing", "Lifestyle", "Photography & Video", "Health & Fitness", "Music", "Teaching & Academics" ], "type": "string", "description": "Browse or filter by top-level Udemy category.", "default": "" }, "subcategory": { "title": "Subcategory slug", "type": "string", "description": "Udemy subcategory slug (e.g. `web-development`, `data-science`). Used in mode=byCategory." }, "ordering": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "relevance", "popularity", "highest-rated", "newest" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to sort the results.", "default": "relevance" }, "level": { "title": "Level filter", "enum": [ "", "All Levels", "Beginner Level", "Intermediate Level", "Expert Level" ], "type": "string", "description": "Only return courses of this difficulty level.", "default": "" }, "freeOnly": { "title": "Free courses only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only return free courses (isPaid = false).", "default": false }, "minRating": { "title": "Min rating", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 5, "type": "number", "description": "Only return courses with an average rating at or above this value (0.0–5.0)." }, "minSubscribers": { "title": "Min subscribers", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 9999999, "type": "integer", "description": "Only return courses with at least this many enrolled students." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of courses to return.", "default": 5 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify proxy configuration. Residential proxy is required for Udemy (datacenter IPs are blocked).", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```