Coursera

api.coursera.org

Community

Coursera is an online learning platform offering courses, specializations, and degrees from top universities and companies. Its Catalog API provides public read access to the course catalog, instructor profiles, and partner institutions. Useful for searching and browsing educational content programmatically.

Auth

api_key

Pricing

free

Spec version

1.0

Base URL

https://api.coursera.org

Crawl failures

1

Last verified

2026-03-01T11:53:18.000Z

Health

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Capabilities

get_course

e-commerce

Retrieve detailed information about a specific course including its syllabus, instructors, ratings, and enrollment options.

Detail: https://api.coursera.org/capabilities/get_course

get_instructor

e-commerce

Retrieve profile details and course listings for a specific instructor on the platform.

Detail: https://api.coursera.org/capabilities/get_instructor

list_partners

e-commerce

List all partner institutions (universities and companies) that offer courses on Coursera.

Detail: https://api.coursera.org/capabilities/list_partners

list_specializations

e-commerce

Browse specializations (multi-course sequences) with filtering by topic area and partner institution.

Detail: https://api.coursera.org/capabilities/list_specializations

search_courses

e-commerce

Search the Coursera catalog for courses by keyword, topic, or skill. Returns course titles, descriptions, ratings, and partner institutions.

Detail: https://api.coursera.org/capabilities/search_courses

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Service: Coursera
Description: Coursera is an online learning platform offering courses, specializations, and degrees from top universities and companies. Its Catalog API provides public read access to the course catalog, instructor profiles, and partner institutions. Useful for searching and browsing educational content programmatically.
Auth: api_key
Capabilities:
  - get_course: Retrieve detailed information about a specific course including its syllabus, instructors, ratings, and enrollment options.
  - get_instructor: Retrieve profile details and course listings for a specific instructor on the platform.
  - list_partners: List all partner institutions (universities and companies) that offer courses on Coursera.
  - list_specializations: Browse specializations (multi-course sequences) with filtering by topic area and partner institution.
  - search_courses: Search the Coursera catalog for courses by keyword, topic, or skill. Returns course titles, descriptions, ratings, and partner institutions.