Codecademy Course Scraper

Apify actor to scrape Codecademy course catalog, courses, and learning paths.

Features

• Scrape course catalog with JSON-LD extraction
• Filter by programming language or subject category
• Optional detailed scraping (visits individual course pages)
• Filter for free courses only
• Extracts: name, description, duration, pricing, ratings, syllabus, instructor, skills

Bot Protection

Status: MEDIUM RISK - Cloudflare detected but allows basic requests

The site uses Cloudflare but the JSON-LD data is accessible via standard HTTP requests.

Data Sources

JSON-LD Structured Data

Codecademy embeds excellent structured data in catalog and course pages:

Catalog pages (/catalog, /catalog/language/python):

• ItemList with Course entries
• Basic info: name, url, description, duration, free/paid status

Course detail pages (/learn/learn-python-3):

• Full Course schema with syllabus (hasPart)
• Instructor info (Person schema)
• Aggregate ratings
• Pricing details
• Skills taught (teaches)
• Prerequisites

URL Patterns

Catalog:   https://www.codecademy.com/catalog
Language:  https://www.codecademy.com/catalog/language/{language}
Subject:   https://www.codecademy.com/catalog/subject/{subject}
Course:    https://www.codecademy.com/learn/{course-slug}
Path:      https://www.codecademy.com/learn/paths/{path-slug}

Available Categories

Languages: bash, c, c-plus-plus, c-sharp, flutter, go, html-css, java, javascript, kotlin, php, python, r, ruby, sql, swift

Subjects: artificial-intelligence, cloud-computing, code-foundations, computer-science, cybersecurity, data-analytics, data-engineering, data-science, data-visualization, developer-tools, devops, game-development, information-technology, interview-prep, machine-learning, math, mobile-development, web-design, web-development

Input Schema

{
  "scrapeMode": "catalog | courses | paths | all",
  "categories": ["python", "javascript"],
  "categoryType": "language | subject",
  "maxCourses": 100,
  "scrapeDetails": false,
  "filterFreeOnly": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output Schema

{
  "id": "learn-python-3",
  "name": "Learn Python 3",
  "url": "https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-python-3",
  "description": "Learn the basics of Python 3...",
  "type": "course | path",
  "category": {
    "language": "python",
    "subject": null
  },
  "duration": {
    "hours": 24,
    "iso8601": "PT24H"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "model": "Free | Partially Free | Subscription",
    "price": 29.99,
    "currency": "USD"
  },
  "isAccessibleForFree": false,
  "rating": {
    "average": 4.58,
    "count": 11915
  },
  "instructor": {
    "name": "Alisha Grama",
    "title": "Senior Instructional Designer",
    "bio": "..."
  },
  "syllabus": [
    { "module": "Hello World", "description": "Get started with Python..." },
    { "module": "Control Flow", "description": "..." }
  ],
  "skills": ["Python", "Data Types", "..."],
  "prerequisites": null,
  "educationalLevel": "Beginner",
  "enrollments": 3216707,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-28T..."
}

Usage Examples

Scrape main catalog (quick)

{
  "scrapeMode": "catalog",
  "maxCourses": 50
}

Scrape Python courses with full details

{
  "scrapeMode": "catalog",
  "categories": ["python"],
  "categoryType": "language",
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxCourses": 100
}

Scrape all free courses

{
  "scrapeMode": "catalog",
  "filterFreeOnly": true,
  "maxCourses": 0
}

Scrape Data Science category

{
  "scrapeMode": "catalog",
  "categories": ["data-science"],
  "categoryType": "subject",
  "scrapeDetails": true
}

Local Testing

npm install
node src/main.js

# Check output
ls storage/datasets/default/
cat storage/datasets/default/*.json | head -100

Deploy to Apify

$apify push