Udemy Course Scraper

Extract Udemy course data by keyword — no login, no browser, no API key required.

Search any topic and get structured data for each course: title, instructors, rating, enrollment count, level, duration, lecture count, category, and more.

What This Scraper Returns

Field	Example
title	100 Days of Code: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp
url	https://www.udemy.com/course/100-days-of-code/
headline	Master Python by building 100 projects in 100 days...
instructor_names	["Dr. Angela Yu"]
rating_avg	4.688
num_reviews	424933
num_students	1784593
level	All Levels
content_duration	56h 46m 52s
num_lectures	657
category	Development
primary_topic	Python
topics	["Python", "Data Science", "Machine Learning"]
is_paid	true
is_free	false
locale	en-US
has_certificate	true
updated_on	2025-11-15

How It Works

1. Downloads Udemy's public course sitemaps (~50,000 course URLs per page)
2. Filters course slugs that match your search keywords
3. Fetches each course landing page and extracts data from the embedded React Server Components (RSC) payload
4. No browser required — uses impit Chrome TLS fingerprinting to bypass bot detection

Input

{
  "queries": ["python", "excel", "photoshop"],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
queries	array of strings	["python"]	Keywords to search for. Matched against course URL slugs.
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum courses to extract across all queries.
proxyConfiguration	object	none	Optional Apify proxy config. Datacenter proxy works; use RESIDENTIAL if blocked.

Pricing

Pay-per-result pricing:

Tier	Price per course
FREE	$0.002
BRONZE	$0.0017
SILVER	$0.0013
GOLD	$0.001

Cost estimate: 100 courses ≈ $0.20. Cheaper than any browser-based alternative.

Limitations

• Price not available — Udemy does not expose course prices to logged-out users in the page HTML
• Slug-based matching — searches match course URL slugs, not full-text titles. A course titled "Master Microsoft Excel" may not match the keyword "spreadsheet"
• Sitemap lag — newly published courses may take a few days to appear in Udemy's sitemap
• English-language bias — slug matching works best for English keywords

Use Cases

• Course marketplace research and competitive analysis
• EdTech data aggregation and catalog building
• Price monitoring (check is_free/is_paid, combine with your own price tracking)
• Instructor discovery and ranking by ratings/enrollments
• Building course recommendation engines
• Market research for new course creators

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