aid: pearson
name: Pearson
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pearson/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
kind: company
position: Producing
description: >-
  Pearson plc is the world's largest learning company, operating courseware and
  assessment platforms (MyLab, Mastering, Revel, Pearson+, Learning Catalytics), UK and
  international qualifications (Edexcel, BTEC), clinical and school assessment
  businesses, Pearson Virtual Schools, English language learning, and Pearson VUE, the
  computer-based certification and licensure testing network. Pearson once ran a
  substantial public API program — the Pearson Developers Network, with RESTful
  LearningStudio Course APIs, SOAP SIS APIs, an eventing surface and first-party client
  libraries in five languages. That program is retired and closed: LearningStudio ended
  in 2018, eCollege shut down in 2023, api.pearson.com answers "service that has been
  moved", and developer.pearson.com returns 401 behind a Salesforce community. What
  remains public is an OIDC discovery document, a live status page, a security
  disclosure policy, LTI 1.3 guidance, and three retired SIS WSDLs.
image: https://www.pearson.com/media_11f626a45563a855db4c129c4851356069ff52ec8.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&optimize=medium
tags:
- Education
- Learning
- Assessment
- Certification
- Publishing
- EdTech
- Qualifications
- Testing
- Learning Management
- Workforce Skills
created: '2026-09-13'
modified: '2026-09-13'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: pearson:pearson-developers-network
  name: Pearson Developers Network
  description: >-
    Pearson's named API program. Historically served the LearningStudio RESTful Course
    APIs, the SOAP SIS APIs, an eventing surface and a Financial Times Education API via
    api.pearson.com. The platform was retired and the portal is now gated: every
    documentation path returns HTTP 401 and SAML-redirects to a Salesforce Experience
    Cloud community. The gateway host api.pearson.com resolves but answers 403 on every
    path with "We apologize, you have reached a service that has been moved."
  humanURL: https://developer.pearson.com/
  image: https://www.pearson.com/media_11f626a45563a855db4c129c4851356069ff52ec8.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&optimize=medium
  baseURL: https://api.pearson.com
  x-status: retired
  x-base-url-note: >-
    api.pearson.com is the documented historical gateway host for this program. It
    resolves and responds, but returns 403 "service that has been moved" on every path.
    Recorded as-is rather than replaced with a guess; see lifecycle/pearson-lifecycle.yml.
  tags:
  - Learning Management
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.pearson.com/
  - type: OpenIDConnect
    url: well-known/pearson-openid-configuration.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/pearson-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/pearson-scopes.yml
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/PearsonDevelopersNetwork
- aid: pearson:pearson-vue-web-services
  name: Pearson VUE Web Services
  description: >-
    The integration surface Pearson VUE offers test owners for candidate registration,
    scheduling and results delivery. ws.pearsonvue.com resolves and is a live Azure API
    Management gateway, answering unknown paths with a JSON
    {"statusCode": 404, "message": "Resource not found"} envelope. Pearson VUE publishes
    no contract, no discovery document and no anonymous technical documentation for it —
    access runs through a contracted test-owner engagement.
  humanURL: https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/test-owners.html
  image: https://www.pearson.com/media_11f626a45563a855db4c129c4851356069ff52ec8.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&optimize=medium
  baseURL: https://ws.pearsonvue.com
  x-status: gated
  tags:
  - Certification
  - Testing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/test-owners.html
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pearson-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/pearson-well-known.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/pearson-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/pearson-scopes.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/pearson-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/pearson-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.pearson.com/
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/pearson-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/legal-information/our-policies/responsible-security-disclosure-policy.html
- type: Packages
  url: packages/pearson-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/pearson-llms.txt
- type: Plans
  url: plans/pearson-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/pearson-rate-limits.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.pearson.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/higher-education/educators/digital-learning-platforms/lms-integration-services.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/PearsonDevelopersNetwork
- type: Support
  url: https://support.pearson.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/higher-education/insights-and-events/teaching-and-learning-blog.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/legal-information/terms-of-use.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/legal-information/privacy-policy.html
- type: Login
  url: https://developer.pearson.com/login
- type: Website
  url: https://www.pearson.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-13'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 17
  pass: local-v3
x-coverage:
  state: gated
  reason: partner-login
  detail: >-
    Every path on developer.pearson.com — the Pearson Developers Network, including the
    LearningStudio API reference, the available-APIs index and the authentication guide —
    answers HTTP 401 and SAML-redirects into Pearson's corporate Entra ID tenant and a
    Salesforce Experience Cloud community, while the program's gateway api.pearson.com
    returns 403 "We apologize, you have reached a service that has been moved."
  evidence:
    - url: https://developer.pearson.com/learningstudio/available-apis
      status: 401
    - url: https://developer.pearson.com/openapi.json
      status: 401
    - url: https://api.pearson.com/openapi.json
      status: 403
    - url: https://ws.pearsonvue.com/
      status: 500
    - url: https://developer.pearson.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
      status: 200
  checked: '2026-09-13'