aid: coursera
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/coursera/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Coursera
x-type: company
description: Coursera is a global online learning platform offering courses, specializations, professional
  certificates, and degrees. The Catalog API provides public, read-only access to courses, instructors,
  partners, and categories; the Affiliate API supports partner programs.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- EdTech
- Online Learning
- Catalog
- MOOC
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: coursera:catalog-api
  name: Coursera Catalog API
  description: Public REST API for browsing Coursera's catalog of courses, specializations, instructors,
    partners, and categories. Verified live at api.coursera.org/api/courses.v1 with 21,000+ courses.
  humanURL: https://building.coursera.org/app-platform/catalog/
  baseURL: https://api.coursera.org
  tags:
  - Catalog
  - Read-only
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://building.coursera.org/app-platform/catalog/
  - type: Endpoint
    url: https://api.coursera.org/api/courses.v1
- aid: coursera:affiliate-api
  name: Coursera Affiliate API
  description: API for affiliate marketing partners to retrieve catalog data and tracking links.
  humanURL: https://building.coursera.org/
  tags:
  - Affiliate
  - Marketing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://building.coursera.org/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.coursera.org/
- type: Developer
  url: https://building.coursera.org/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/coursera-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/coursera-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/coursera-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com