# Coursera Search Scraper (`piotrv1001/coursera-search-scraper`)

The Coursera Search Scraper extracts course data based on a search query, capturing course names, ratings, review counts, difficulty levels, skills covered, images, and URLs—ideal for education research and course analysis.

- **URL**: https://beta-securitybyobscurity.apify.com/piotrv1001/coursera-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Piotr Vassev](https://beta-securitybyobscurity.apify.com/piotrv1001) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 22 total users, 8 monthly users, 76.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 courses

This Actor is paid per result. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for dataset items the Actor outputs.

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

# README

### 🚀 Coursera Search Scraper

Easily extract course data from Coursera search results. The **Coursera Search Scraper** allows you to gather structured course information based on search queries, making it a valuable tool for education research and course analysis.

### ✨ Features

- 📚 **Comprehensive Course Data**: Retrieve course names, ratings, number of reviews, difficulty levels, skills covered, images, and direct URLs.
- 🔍 **Search-Based Extraction**: Provide a search query to extract relevant course listings.
- ⚡ **Fast & Efficient**: Quickly gather course data for market research and education insights.

### 🛠️ How It Works

1. **Enter a Search Query** – Provide a search term to find relevant courses on Coursera.
2. **Run the Scraper** – Start the process and receive structured course data instantly.

### 📊 Sample Output Data

The scraper provides structured JSON output with key course details. Example:

```json
[
    {
        "avgProductRating": 4.625,
        "cobrandingEnabled": false,
        "completions": null,
        "duration": null,
        "id": "s12n~Rs28_Xm9QOC3HdGFkJJsaw",
        "imageUrl": "https://d15cw65ipctsrr.cloudfront.net/81/18ac67ffeb45d6a4fc30093a4ec817/advanced-js-specialisation.jpg",
        "isCourseFree": false,
        "isCreditEligible": false,
        "isNewContent": true,
        "isPartOfCourseraPlus": true,
        "name": "Advanced JavaScript",
        "numProductRatings": 4,
        "parentCourseName": null,
        "parentLessonName": null,
        "partnerLogos": [
            "http://coursera-university-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/40/d548ef33b3401f942edc9c24840b52/social.png"
        ],
        "partners": ["Scrimba"],
        "productDifficultyLevel": "INTERMEDIATE",
        "productDuration": "ONE_TO_THREE_MONTHS",
        "productType": "SPECIALIZATION",
        "skills": [
            "Ajax",
            "Object Oriented Programming (OOP)",
            "Object Oriented Design",
            "Javascript",
            "JSON",
            "Application Programming Interface (API)",
            "Scripting",
            "Scripting Languages",
            "Software Design Patterns",
            "Data Management",
            "Data Structures",
            "Event-Driven Programming",
            "Data Validation",
            "Programming Principles",
            "Debugging"
        ],
        "videosInLesson": null,
        "translatedName": null,
        "translatedSkills": null,
        "translatedParentCourseName": null,
        "translatedParentLessonName": null,
        "url": "https://www.coursera.org/specializations/advanced-javascript"
    },
    {
        "avgProductRating": 4.181818181818182,
        "cobrandingEnabled": null,
        "completions": null,
        "duration": null,
        "id": "course~k1H8fg_yEe6JUQ5ctKUJaQ",
        "imageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/coursera-course-photos/b6/d57b7e3dcc45f9a0496e698e61b124/Frontend-Development-using-React.png",
        "isCourseFree": false,
        "isCreditEligible": false,
        "isNewContent": false,
        "isPartOfCourseraPlus": true,
        "name": "Frontend Development using React",
        "numProductRatings": 44,
        "parentCourseName": null,
        "parentLessonName": null,
        "partnerLogos": [
            "http://coursera-university-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/57/ffbfe7f4734ca18bf05a41df254dc9/Frame-11-2-.png"
        ],
        "partners": ["Board Infinity"],
        "productDifficultyLevel": "INTERMEDIATE",
        "productDuration": "ONE_TO_FOUR_WEEKS",
        "productType": "COURSE",
        "skills": [
            "Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)",
            "Front-End Web Development",
            "Javascript",
            "Web Design and Development",
            "React.js",
            "JavaScript Frameworks",
            "Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)",
            "Programming Principles",
            "UI Components"
        ],
        "url": "/learn/frontend-development-using-react",
        "videosInLesson": null,
        "translatedName": null,
        "translatedSkills": null,
        "translatedParentCourseName": null,
        "translatedParentLessonName": null
    }
]
```

Discover and analyze courses efficiently with **Coursera Search Scraper** today! 🚀

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Add the search term to find courses on Coursera.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Add the number of records you want to scrape.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Frontend"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "Frontend"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("piotrv1001/coursera-search-scraper").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 = { "query": "Frontend" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("piotrv1001/coursera-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Frontend"
}' |
apify call piotrv1001/coursera-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=piotrv1001/coursera-search-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Coursera Search Scraper",
        "description": "The Coursera Search Scraper extracts course data based on a search query, capturing course names, ratings, review counts, difficulty levels, skills covered, images, and URLs—ideal for education research and course analysis.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "UHfTxslCRENboG8hE"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/piotrv1001~coursera-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-piotrv1001-coursera-search-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/piotrv1001~coursera-search-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-piotrv1001-coursera-search-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/piotrv1001~coursera-search-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-piotrv1001-coursera-search-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "query"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Search Term",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Add the search term to find courses on Coursera."
                    },
                    "limit": {
                        "title": "Limit",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Add the number of records you want to scrape."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
