🎓 Platzi Courses Scraper – Extract Course Data by Keyword

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Easily collect live course listings from Platzi.com – the popular Spanish-language online learning platform. This open-source Apify Actor written in Python lets you turn Platzi into a real-time course data API for market research, content analysis, competitive intelligence, and more.

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Table of Contents

1. Why Use This Scraper?
2. Quick Start
3. Input Parameters
4. Output Example
5. Use-Case Ideas
6. Limitations & Legal
7. Support

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Why Use This Scraper?

✅ Comprehensive Course Data – Extract detailed information about courses, instructors, ratings, and more
✅ Keyword-Based Search – Find courses by any topic or technology (e.g., "react", "python", "marketing")
✅ Rich Metadata – Get course descriptions, duration, difficulty levels, reviews, and instructor details
✅ Free Plan Support – Optimized for both free and premium Apify accounts with appropriate limits
✅ Async & Reliable – Built with httpx and Apify SDK for high-performance data extraction

Stop manually browsing course catalogs – automate your Platzi research in minutes.

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Quick Start

Run on Apify platform

1. Click "Try actor" → paste the JSON input below.
2. Hit Run – results will appear in Dataset tab as structured JSON.

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Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description	Example
keywords	array	✔	Keywords to search for courses	["react", "python"]

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["react", "javascript", "python"]
}

Note: Free Apify accounts are limited to 1 keyword and 10 results maximum. Premium accounts have no limitations.

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Output Example

{
  "id": 12345,
  "title": "Curso de React.js",
  "description": "Aprende React.js desde cero hasta nivel avanzado...",
  "object_level": "beginner",
  "prior_knowledges": ["HTML", "CSS", "JavaScript"],
  "teacher": "Juan Pérez",
  "teacher_url": "https://platzi.com/profesores/juan-perez/",
  "url": "https://platzi.com/cursos/react/",
  "badge_url": "https://static.platzi.com/media/achievements/badge-react.png",
  "first_class": {
    "title": "Introducción a React",
    "url": "https://platzi.com/clases/react-intro/"
  },
  "true_review_score": 4.8,
  "true_review_count": 1250,
  "all_review_count": 1500,
  "object_type": "course",
  "duration_minutes": 1800,
  "has_exam": true,
  "publish_date": "2023-01-15",
  "status": "published",
  "scope": "public",
  "organization_id": 1,
  "category_id": 5,
  "tags": ["react", "javascript", "frontend"],
  "score": 95.5,
  "extraction_date": "2024-01-20",
  "extraction_datetime": "2024-01-20T12:00:00Z",
  "input": {
    "keywords": ["react"],
    "search_keyword": "react"
  }
}

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Use-Case Ideas

• Market Research – Analyze trending technologies and course demand patterns
• Competitive Analysis – Monitor competitor course offerings and pricing strategies
• Content Strategy – Identify gaps in educational content for your own platform
• Lead Generation – Find potential instructors or course creators to collaborate with
• Academic Research – Study online learning trends and course categorization
• SEO Research – Discover popular course topics and keywords for content planning

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Limitations & Legal

• Platzi Platform Only – This scraper works exclusively with Platzi.com
• Respect Terms of Service – Use responsibly and comply with Platzi's terms
• Rate Limiting – Built-in delays help prevent blocking, but heavy usage may trigger restrictions
• Free Account Limits – Free Apify accounts are limited to 1 keyword and 10 results

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Account Limitations

Free Apify Account

• Max Keywords: 1
• Max Results: 10 courses per keyword

Premium Apify Account

• Max Keywords: Unlimited
• Max Results: Unlimited

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🚀 How to run

From Apify Console

1. Click Run on the actor page.
2. Paste the JSON input like the example above.
3. Watch the live log; results will appear in the Dataset tab.

From code

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<APIFY_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("username~platzi-courses-listing-by-keyword").call({
    "keywords": ["python", "javascript"]
})
for course in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(course)

Equivalent cURL:

curl -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>' \
  -d '{"keywords":["react","python"]}' \
  'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/username~platzi-courses-listing-by-keyword/runs?waitForFinish=1'

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⚙️ Technical notes

• Built with Apify Python SDK and asyncio for non-blocking requests.
• Structured data output with extraction timestamps and input metadata.

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💬 Support & feedback

Open an issue on Apify or contact the developer – we reply within one business day.

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Boost your educational data intelligence today – scrape Platzi like a pro!

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