# Udemy Course Catalog & Rating Finder (`xyrelith-data/udemy-course-catalog-and-rating-finder`) Actor

Search Udemy courses by keyword, category, or instructor, with rating, subscriber count, price, curriculum size, and level filters.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/udemy-course-catalog-and-rating-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Xyrelith Data](https://apify.com/xyrelith-data) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.49 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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# README

## Udemy Course Catalog & Instructor Finder

Scrape **Udemy** course catalog data — search by keyword, browse categories and topics, fetch specific course URLs, or pull an instructor's full portfolio. Every course record can include current and list price, discounts, ratings, subscriber counts, full section/lecture curriculum, learning outcomes, requirements, certificate and caption details, badges, dates, category IDs, and instructor profiles. No account, cookies, API key, or proxy setup is required.

### What this actor does

- **Four modes:** `search`, `browse`, `byCourseUrls`, `byInstructors`
- **The filters buyers use:** level, free/paid, language, minimum rating, video length, quizzes, practice tests, coding exercises, role-play, certification prep, and closed-caption languages
- **Full course records:** price and discount objects, subscriber and review counts, curriculum sections, description, outcomes, requirements, target audience, certificate, captions, badges, dates, category IDs, and instructor details
- **Instructor portfolios:** a profile record with course/student/review totals and social links, followed by every course the instructor teaches
- **Pagination:** up to 250 courses per request and a 10,000-course cap per search or browse slice, with honest status messages when a slice is capped
- **Empty fields are omitted** — a course without a headline, discount, or badge simply will not carry that key

### Output per course

- `courseId` — Udemy's numeric course ID
- `title`, `headline`, `publishedTitle` — course title, tagline, and URL slug
- `url`, `imageUrl` — absolute course page and CDN image URLs
- `isPaid` — `true` for paid courses, `false` for free ones
- `price`, `priceNumeric`, `priceCurrency` — current price as shown and as a number
- `listPrice`, `listPriceNumeric` — pre-discount price when Udemy reports a discount
- `discountPrice`, `discountPriceNumeric`, `discountPercent` — active sale price and saving
- `avgRating`, `numReviews`, `numSubscribers` — rating and social proof
- `numLectures`, `numSections`, `numQuizzes`, `numPracticeTests`, `numCodingExercises`, `numAssignments`
- `contentLengthMin`, `contentInfo`, `contentInfoShort` — total video length in minutes and as displayed
- `level` — All Levels, Beginner, Intermediate, or Expert
- `hasCertificate`, `hasClosedCaption`, `captionLanguages[]`
- `primaryCategory`, `primaryCategoryId`, `primaryCategoryUrl`
- `primarySubcategory`, `primarySubcategoryId`, `primarySubcategoryUrl`
- `locale`, `language` — course locale code and language name
- `instructors[]`, `primaryInstructor`, `instructorsDetail[]` — names plus ID, title, image, and URL per instructor
- `createdAt`, `publishedAt`, `lastUpdated` — ISO dates
- `description` — plain-text course description
- `whatYouWillLearn[]`, `requirements[]`, `targetAudiences[]`, `badges[]`
- `curriculum[]` — sections with `title` and items carrying `title`, `type`, `isFree`, and `isPreviewable`
- `recordType: "course"`, `siteName: "Udemy"`, `scrapedAt`

### Output per instructor (mode = `byInstructors`)

- `instructorId`, `name`, `title`, `description`
- `imageUrl`, `url`
- `numCourses`, `numStudents`, `numReviews`
- `socialLinks` — populated social/profile links
- `recordType: "instructor"`, `scrapedAt`

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string | `search` | `search`, `browse`, `byCourseUrls`, or `byInstructors` |
| `searchQueries` | array | `["python"]` | Keywords to search (mode=`search`) |
| `category` | select | `any` | Top-level category to browse (mode=`browse`) |
| `subcategory` | select | `any` | Subcategory to browse; takes precedence over category (mode=`browse`) |
| `topics` | array | – | Topic slugs or URLs, e.g. `python` (mode=`browse`) |
| `browseUrls` | array | – | Category, subcategory, or topic URLs to merge (mode=`browse`) |
| `courseUrls` | array | `["complete-python-bootcamp"]` | Course URLs, slugs, or numeric IDs (mode=`byCourseUrls`) |
| `instructorIds` | array | – | Instructor usernames, profile URLs, or numeric IDs (mode=`byInstructors`) |
| `level` | select | `any` | All Levels, Beginner, Intermediate, or Expert |
| `price` | select | `any` | Free or paid courses |
| `language` | select | `any` | Course language |
| `minAverageRating` | number | – | Minimum average rating (0–5) |
| `videoLength` | select | `any` | 0–1, 1–3, 3–6, 6–12, or 12+ hours |
| `mustHaveQuiz` | boolean | `false` | Only courses with quizzes |
| `mustHavePracticeTest` | boolean | `false` | Only courses with practice tests |
| `mustHaveCodingExercise` | boolean | `false` | Only courses with coding exercises |
| `mustHaveRoleplay` | boolean | `false` | Only courses with role-play exercises |
| `isCertificationPrep` | boolean | `false` | Only certification-preparation courses |
| `closedCaptionLanguages` | array | – | Required caption languages, e.g. `["EN", "ES"]`; append `_CC` for human-authored captions (e.g. `EN_CC`) |
| `sortBy` | select | `RELEVANCE` | `RELEVANCE`, `RATING`, `REVIEWS`, or `TIME` |
| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Maximum records to return (1–10,000) |
| `includeDetails` | boolean | `true` | Fetch full price, subscriber, date, and outcome data for search/browse results |
| `includeCurriculum` | boolean | `true` | Fetch each course's section and lecture list |
| `includeInstructorProfile` | boolean | `true` | Emit an instructor profile before their courses; it counts toward `maxItems` (mode=`byInstructors`) |

#### Example: keyword search with quality filters

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQueries": ["python", "data science"],
  "level": "BEGINNER",
  "minAverageRating": 4.5,
  "videoLength": "MEDIUM",
  "sortBy": "RATING",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

#### Example: browse a subcategory with curriculum

```json
{
  "mode": "browse",
  "subcategory": "8",
  "price": "PAID",
  "language": "EN",
  "includeCurriculum": true,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Example: fetch specific courses by URL

```json
{
  "mode": "byCourseUrls",
  "courseUrls": [
    "https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-python-bootcamp/",
    "100-days-of-code",
    "567828"
  ],
  "includeCurriculum": true,
  "maxItems": 3
}
```

#### Example: an instructor's full portfolio

```json
{
  "mode": "byInstructors",
  "instructorIds": ["joseportilla"],
  "includeInstructorProfile": true,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Use cases

- **Course market research** — compare prices, discounts, ratings, and subscriber counts across a category
- **Curriculum benchmarking** — compare section and lecture structure across competing courses
- **Instructor scouting** — pull a teacher's full catalog and audience size before a partnership
- **Deal monitoring** — track list prices, sale prices, and discount percentages over time
- **Learning-path planning** — build a shortlist of courses by language, level, duration, and learning outcomes
- **Catalog enrichment** — add Udemy course metadata, badges, and captions to an internal catalog

### FAQ

**Do I need a Udemy account, cookies, or an API key?**
No. The actor reads publicly available course and instructor information without signing in.

**Do I need to configure a proxy?**
No. The actor connects to Udemy automatically; there is nothing to set up.

**How many courses can I get in one run?**
`maxItems` supports up to 10,000. Udemy also caps a single search or browse slice at 10,000 results, so use several queries or browse targets (categories/topics) to reach more.

**How long does a large run take?**
Each course needs one detail request, and `includeCurriculum` adds one more. The actor paces requests to stay under Udemy's rate limits, so a run that enriches thousands of courses with details and curriculum can take a long time. For very large collections, turn off `includeDetails`/`includeCurriculum` or split the work into several queries or browse slices.

**Why is review text not included?**
Udemy hides most review bodies from signed-out visitors. Aggregate rating and review counts are included, but review text requires a login and is outside this actor's cookieless scope.

**Why are some fields missing from a record?**
Not every course has a discount, badge, subcategory, caption track, or extra content type. Empty values are omitted instead of written as `null`.

**Which currency are prices in?**
Prices are the anonymous price Udemy serves the actor's connection, and `priceCurrency` reports the ISO code Udemy returns for that price (most often USD, but a proxy exit in another region can return EUR or another currency). Numeric fields use the same currency as `price`; no local-currency conversion is performed.

**Why is `listPrice` missing on most courses?**
Udemy only reports a list price while a discount is active. Outside a sale, the current price and list price are the same, so only `price` is present.

**Can I get an instructor profile for a numeric ID?**
Username and profile-URL inputs return the profile record plus courses. Numeric IDs still return all taught courses, but Udemy does not expose the profile page for a numeric ID alone.

**Why does `numLectures` differ from the number of curriculum items?**
Udemy's course header counts video lectures, while the curriculum also lists quizzes, coding exercises, articles, and assignments. `numSections` and the item-level `type` values show the full structure.

**Is this affiliated with Udemy?**
No. This is an independent, third-party actor that reads publicly available Udemy data.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to collect from Udemy.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search for (mode=search). Add several queries to widen coverage.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Top-level Udemy category to browse (mode=browse). Ignored when a subcategory is selected.

## `subcategory` (type: `string`):

Narrower subcategory to browse (mode=browse). Takes precedence over the category.

## `topics` (type: `array`):

Topic slugs or URLs to browse, e.g. `python` or `https://www.udemy.com/topic/excel/` (mode=browse).

## `browseUrls` (type: `array`):

Category, subcategory, or topic URLs to browse and merge (mode=browse).

## `courseUrls` (type: `array`):

Course URLs, slugs, or numeric IDs (mode=byCourseUrls), e.g. `complete-python-bootcamp`.

## `instructorIds` (type: `array`):

Instructor usernames, profile URLs, or numeric IDs (mode=byInstructors).

## `level` (type: `string`):

Only return courses at this difficulty level (search and browse).

## `price` (type: `string`):

Only return free or paid courses (search and browse).

## `language` (type: `string`):

Only return courses taught in this language (search and browse).

## `minAverageRating` (type: `number`):

Only return courses rated at or above this value, e.g. 4.5 (search and browse).

## `videoLength` (type: `string`):

Only return courses in this total video-length band (search and browse).

## `mustHaveQuiz` (type: `boolean`):

Only return courses that include quizzes (search and browse).

## `mustHavePracticeTest` (type: `boolean`):

Only return courses that include practice tests (search and browse).

## `mustHaveCodingExercise` (type: `boolean`):

Only return courses that include coding exercises (search and browse).

## `mustHaveRoleplay` (type: `boolean`):

Only return courses that include role-play exercises (search and browse).

## `isCertificationPrep` (type: `boolean`):

Only return certification-preparation courses (search and browse).

## `closedCaptionLanguages` (type: `array`):

Only return courses with closed captions in these languages, e.g. `EN` or `ES`. Use uppercase Udemy subtitle codes; append `_CC` for human-authored captions (e.g. `EN_CC`).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of search and browse results.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of records to return.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch price, subscriber count, dates, and learning outcomes for search and browse results.

## `includeCurriculum` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each course's section and lecture list. Adds one request per course.

## `includeInstructorProfile` (type: `boolean`):

Emit an instructor profile record before their courses (mode=byInstructors). Profile records count toward maxItems.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "byCourseUrls",
  "searchQueries": [
    "python"
  ],
  "category": "any",
  "subcategory": "any",
  "topics": [],
  "browseUrls": [],
  "courseUrls": [
    "complete-python-bootcamp"
  ],
  "instructorIds": [],
  "level": "any",
  "price": "any",
  "language": "any",
  "videoLength": "any",
  "mustHaveQuiz": false,
  "mustHavePracticeTest": false,
  "mustHaveCodingExercise": false,
  "mustHaveRoleplay": false,
  "isCertificationPrep": false,
  "closedCaptionLanguages": [],
  "sortBy": "RELEVANCE",
  "maxItems": 1,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "includeCurriculum": false,
  "includeInstructorProfile": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing scraped Udemy course and instructor records.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "byCourseUrls",
    "courseUrls": [
        "complete-python-bootcamp"
    ],
    "mustHaveQuiz": false,
    "mustHavePracticeTest": false,
    "mustHaveCodingExercise": false,
    "mustHaveRoleplay": false,
    "isCertificationPrep": false,
    "sortBy": "RELEVANCE",
    "maxItems": 1,
    "includeDetails": true,
    "includeCurriculum": false,
    "includeInstructorProfile": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("xyrelith-data/udemy-course-catalog-and-rating-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "byCourseUrls",
    "courseUrls": ["complete-python-bootcamp"],
    "mustHaveQuiz": False,
    "mustHavePracticeTest": False,
    "mustHaveCodingExercise": False,
    "mustHaveRoleplay": False,
    "isCertificationPrep": False,
    "sortBy": "RELEVANCE",
    "maxItems": 1,
    "includeDetails": True,
    "includeCurriculum": False,
    "includeInstructorProfile": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("xyrelith-data/udemy-course-catalog-and-rating-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "byCourseUrls",
  "courseUrls": [
    "complete-python-bootcamp"
  ],
  "mustHaveQuiz": false,
  "mustHavePracticeTest": false,
  "mustHaveCodingExercise": false,
  "mustHaveRoleplay": false,
  "isCertificationPrep": false,
  "sortBy": "RELEVANCE",
  "maxItems": 1,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "includeCurriculum": false,
  "includeInstructorProfile": false
}' |
apify call xyrelith-data/udemy-course-catalog-and-rating-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,xyrelith-data/udemy-course-catalog-and-rating-finder"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/6ETWJXbi7VH2I7peO/builds/XrULQdpSfJdYmLVRm/openapi.json