Udemy Search Scraper

Overview

This Apify actor scrapes detailed course information from Udemy.com. Provide it with course URLs, and it returns structured JSON data including titles, instructors, ratings, learning outcomes, and more. It's useful for building course databases, conducting market research, or analyzing educational content.

Key Features

• Extracts comprehensive course data: Gets the course ID, title, headline, instructor list, rating, duration, lecture count, learning outcomes, update date, and image URLs.
• Processes multiple URLs: Run it once with an array of course links to scrape them all efficiently.
• Structured JSON output: Returns clean, predictable data ready for analysis or integration.
• Proxy support: Configure it to use Apify Proxy (recommended for reliability).
• Built-in error handling: Manages page load failures and timeouts to maintain run stability.

How to Use

Configure the actor run with an input JSON object. The only required parameter is an array of Udemy course URLs.

Input

Example Input:

{
  "Urls": [
    "https://www.udemy.com/course/design-school-create-social-media-graphics"
  ]
}

Output

The actor outputs a JSON array where each object contains the details for one course.

Example Output:

[
  {
    "id": "1529012",
    "title": "Social Media Content Creation: Canva Beginner to Advanced",
    "headline": "Using Canva you'll learn to design incredible graphics, videos, and more...",
    "instructors": [ "Maggie Stara" ],
    "rating": 4.65,
    "rating_count": 5838,
    "is_free": false,
    "level": "ALL_LEVELS",
    "duration_in_seconds": 47811,
    "lectures_count": 96,
    "learning_outcomes": [
      "Create eye-catching designs for Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest...",
      "Save time and money by designing your own graphics..."
    ],
    "updated_on": "2025-06-09",
    "locale": "en-US",
    "images": {
      "height125": "https://img-c.udemycdn.com/course/125_H/1529012_6f0f_16.jpg",
      "px100x100": "https://img-c.udemycdn.com/course/100x100/1529012_6f0f_16.jpg"
    },
    "url_course_landing": "https://www.udemy.com/course/design-school-create-social-media-graphics",
    "url_auto_enroll": "https://www.udemy.com/course/design-school-create-social-media-graphics/enroll"
  }
]

Use Cases

• Educational Research: Analyze course offerings and trends.
• Course Cataloging: Build a database of Udemy courses for a platform.
• Market Analysis: Compare course ratings, instructors, and content to spot opportunities.
• Content Strategy: Inform the creation of new courses or marketing materials.

Support

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