Coursera search
Search Coursera's catalogue (courses, specializations, professional certificates, guided projects, degrees) with the site's filters, 12 a page: id, type, name, link, partners, rating and rating count, level, duration, skills, free flag, Coursera Plus, credit eligibility, badges, hands-on types, languages and image; plus the facet counts (partners, skills, topics, levels, durations, languages, types). Pass next_page back as page.
Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.
Parameters
| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
qrequired | string | Search words. Example: python |
level | string | Comma-separated: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Mixed. |
type | string | Comma-separated product types: Courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, Degrees, Projects. |
duration | string | Comma-separated: Less Than 2 Hours, 1-4 Weeks, 1-3 Months, 3-6 Months, 6-12 Months, 1-4 Years. |
language | string | Comma-separated course languages, e.g. English, Spanish. |
subtitle_language | string | Comma-separated subtitle languages. |
partner | string | Comma-separated partner names, e.g. Google, IBM, Stanford University. |
skills | string | Comma-separated skills (values from the skills facet). |
topic | string | Comma-separated topics, e.g. Data Science, Computer Science, Business. |
cost | string | Free or Paid. |
sort | BEST_MATCH | NEW | Order (default best match). |
page | integer | Page number (default 1). Pass next_page back; null on the last page. |
Every endpoint also takes fresh, raw, fields (see lean responses and caching).
Example
curl "https://api.api.sh/coursera/v1/search?q=python" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY" import os, requests
res = requests.get(
"https://api.api.sh/coursera/v1/search",
params={"q": "python"},
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json() const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/coursera/v1/search");
url.searchParams.set("q", "python");
const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json(); Response
A JSON object with the fields described above, plus raw (the source's own data), cached, fetched_at and credits_used. Errors return {"success": false, "error": "…"} with the HTTP status (see errors). A lookup that ran but found nothing (404) costs the price above; refused calls and errors on our side are free (what's charged).