Udemy Course Review Scraper

Udemy Course Review Spider

Introduction

The Udemy Course Review Spider is an Apify Actor that scrapes detailed course reviews from Udemy.com. It extracts review content, ratings, user details, and timestamps, delivering structured JSON output. Perfect for educational research, course quality analysis, or sentiment tracking, this actor processes course URLs efficiently.

Input Parameters

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Urls	Array	List of Udemy course page URLs to scrape reviews from (e.g., https://www.udemy.com/course/content-marketing-masterclass/).	Yes
proxyConfiguration	Object	Proxy settings for the actor. Optional, but recommended to use {"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]} for reliable scraping.	No

Example Input

{
    "Urls": [
        "https://www.udemy.com/course/content-marketing-masterclass/"
    ]
}

Features

• Comprehensive Review Data: Extracts review ID, content, rating, creation/modification dates, and user details.
• Multi-URL Support: Processes multiple course URLs in a single run for efficient data collection.
• Structured JSON Output: Delivers clean, organized data for seamless integration into analysis tools.
• Flexible Proxy Configuration: Supports Apify’s proxy system for reliable and anonymous scraping.
• Robust Error Handling: Manages page errors and timeouts to ensure consistent performance.

Output

The actor outputs a JSON array containing course review details. Below is an example output:

[
    {
        "review_id": 202368827,
        "content": "The course provides an in-depth overview of all the essential pillars of content marketing and breaks them down into comprehensible and practical concepts.",
        "rating": 4.5,
        "created": "2025-04-07T21:13:13-07:00",
        "modified": "2025-04-08T21:22:32-07:00",
        "user_modified": "2025-04-07T21:14:12-07:00",
        "user": {
            "name": "Sushmitha Saladi",
            "initials": "SS",
            "image": "https://img-c.udemycdn.com/user/50x50/anonymous_3.png"
        },
        "response": null,
        "created_formatted": "3 months ago"
    },
    {
        "review_id": 202324975,
        "content": "Solid information foundation for beginners. I do wish the course creator recorded videos of himself talking instead of a voiceover with the doodle.",
        "rating": 3.5,
        "created": "2025-04-07T08:35:39-07:00",
        "modified": "2025-04-09T07:21:21-07:00",
        "user_modified": "2025-04-09T07:21:21-07:00",
        "user": {
            "name": "Brielle Charmer",
            "initials": "BC",
            "image": "https://img-c.udemycdn.com/user/50x50/anonymous_3.png"
        },
        "response": null,
        "created_formatted": "3 months ago"
    }
]

Use Cases

• Educational Research: Analyze course reviews to assess quality and learner satisfaction.
• Sentiment Analysis: Extract review data to gauge user sentiment and feedback trends.
• Course Comparison: Compare reviews across courses to identify top-performing content.
• Market Insights: Use review data to inform course development or marketing strategies.

Support

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