Coursera Scraper
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from $0.69 / 1,000 courses
Scrape Coursera search results: courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, projects, and degrees with ratings, reviews, skills, providers, level, duration, languages, and free/Coursera Plus flags. Filter like the site. Export JSON, CSV, Excel.
You can access the Coursera Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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