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Coursera

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.

Coursera publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Catalog API. Tagged areas include EdTech, Online Learning, Catalog, and MOOC.

Coursera’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 9 more developer resources.

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28.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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3 APIs
EdTechOnline LearningCatalogMOOC

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 28.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Coursera Catalog API

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+...

Coursera Affiliate API

API for affiliate marketing partners to retrieve catalog data and tracking links.

Coursera Catalog API

Public catalog browsing

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Coursera Catalog API

OPEN COLLECTION

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Coursera GraphQL Schema

Coursera is a global online learning platform offering courses, specializations, professional certificates, and degrees from top universities and companies. The platform serves ...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Coursera Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Coursera Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Coursera Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Coursera Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Coursera Agentic Access

4 operations

4 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Developer
Developer

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: coursera
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/coursera/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Coursera
kind: 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.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Requires approval
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/coursera.png
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
  - url: graphql/coursera-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- 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/
- aid: coursera:coursera-catalog-api
  name: Coursera Catalog API
  description: Public catalog browsing
  humanURL: https://building.coursera.org/app-platform/catalog/
  baseURL: https://api.coursera.org
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/coursera-catalog-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/coursera-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/coursera-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/coursera
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coursera
- 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
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.coursera.org/partners
- url: https://blog.coursera.org/feed/
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: 28DIGITAL Belgium
- name: 4EU+ Alliance
- name: AAPACE United States
- name: AAPC United States
- name: Accenture United States
- name: Adamson University
- name: Adobe United States
- name: Advancing Women in Tech United States
- name: Akamai Technologies, Inc. United States
- name: Alex Genadinik United States
- name: Alfaisal University | KLD Saudi Arabia
- name: Alibaba Cloud Academy China
- name: Alignor
- name: Amazon United States
- name: Amazon Ads United States
- name: Amazon Web Services United States
- name: American Council on Exercise United States
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com