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RUN, 41 active pipelines, udemy.com live

Udemy data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract course metadata, dynamic pricing signals, instructor profiles, and student reviews from Udemy. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Courses extracted
215K /day
Price updates
1.2M /24h
Review records
450K /run
Active pipelines
41
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from udemy.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Course Listings objects from udemy.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

course_idtitleheadlineurlpricediscount_pricediscount_percentratingreview_countenrolment_countinstructor_namescategorysubcategorylanguagesubtitle_languagesduration_hourslecture_countbestseller_badgelast_updated
course_listings
● 200 OK
"course_id": "1565838",
"title": "Complete Python Bootcamp From Zero to Hero in Python",
"price": 3499.0,
"discount_price": 449.0,
"rating": 4.6,
"enrolment_count": 1823941,
"bestseller_badge": true,
"duration_hours": 22.5
# course_idtitleheadlineurlpricediscount_price
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Complete list of extractable fields for Instructor Profiles objects from udemy.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

instructor_idnamejob_titleprofile_urlaverage_ratingtotal_reviewstotal_studentscourse_countbiographywebsite_urltwitter_urlyoutube_urllinkedin_url
instructor_profiles
● 200 OK
"instructor_id": "2467758",
"name": "Dr. Angela Yu",
"job_title": "Developer and Lead Instructor",
"average_rating": 4.7,
"total_reviews": 854120,
"total_students": 2512901,
"course_count": 9
# instructor_idnamejob_titleprofile_urlaverage_ratingtotal_reviews
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Complete list of extractable fields for Student Reviews objects from udemy.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

review_idcourse_iduser_nameratingcontentcreated_athelpful_votesis_verifiedinstructor_responseresponse_date
student_reviews
● 200 OK
"review_id": "89123412",
"course_id": "1565838",
"user_name": "Rahul M.",
"rating": 5.0,
"content": "Excellent pacing for beginners.",
"created_at": "2023-11-14T10:23:00Z",
"helpful_votes": 12
# review_idcourse_iduser_nameratingcontentcreated_at
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Complete list of extractable fields for Curriculum Data objects from udemy.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

course_idsection_indexsection_titlelecture_indexlecture_titlecontent_typeduration_minutesis_free_previewresource_count
curriculum_data
● 200 OK
"course_id": "1565838",
"section_index": 3,
"section_title": "Python Object Oriented Programming",
"lecture_index": 14,
"lecture_title": "Classes and Objects",
"content_type": "video",
"duration_minutes": 14.5,
"is_free_preview": false
# course_idsection_indexsection_titlelecture_indexlecture_titlecontent_type
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Complete list of extractable fields for Search Results objects from udemy.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

keywordpositioncourse_idtitlepricediscount_priceratingreview_countbadgesinstructor_namescraped_at
search_results
● 200 OK
"keyword": "machine learning",
"position": 2,
"course_id": "903744",
"title": "Machine Learning A-Z",
"badges": "['Bestseller']",
"discount_price": 449.0,
"scraped_at": "2023-11-15T08:12:44Z"
# keywordpositioncourse_idtitlepricediscount_price
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Capabilities

Extract the complete Udemy catalogue

Our Udemy scraper navigates dynamic pricing algorithms, localized currency displays, and nested curriculum structures to deliver clean, relational datasets.

Comprehensive Course Metadata

Extract titles, descriptions, requirements, target audiences, and learning objectives for any course category.

Dynamic Price Tracking

Capture base prices and flash sale discounts across different geographic regions using localized IP addresses.

Instructor Intelligence

Track instructor performance metrics including total students, average ratings, and cross-course enrolment patterns.

Review Sentiment Mining

Paginate through thousands of student reviews to extract textual feedback, star ratings, and helpfulness scores.

Curriculum Mapping

Parse nested JSON structures to map sections, lectures, video durations, and preview availability.

Badge and Rank Monitoring

Identify Bestseller and Highest Rated badges to monitor category leaders and trending courses.

Localized Extraction

Configure pipelines to extract data as it appears in India, the US, the UK, or any other target market.

Keyword Rank Scraping

Track organic search positions for specific skills and tools to understand platform SEO.

Incremental Updates

Maintain hash indexes to only export new courses, updated prices, or fresh reviews on subsequent runs.

// engagement pipeline

From category URL to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide category URLs, instructor IDs, or keyword lists. We design the schema to match your analytical needs.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Playwright crawlers, manage regional proxies for pricing, and handle Cloudflare protections.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, and price anomaly detection before full production launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON, CSV, or Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on schedule.

Under the hood

Navigating Udemy extraction challenges

Udemy relies heavily on client-side rendering and aggressive caching. Here is how we build resilient pipelines to bypass these hurdles.

pipeline-monitor · udemy.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Dynamic pricing
Cookie and IP-dependent price rendering

Udemy prices change based on user location, cookie history, and active flash sales. We use clean residential proxies and isolate browser contexts to capture the true baseline or discounted price for a specific region.

API protection
Bypassing Cloudflare turnstiles

Udemy protects its internal APIs with Cloudflare. Our infrastructure utilizes TLS fingerprinting and automated solver integrations to maintain API access without triggering blocks.

Nested data
Flattening complex curriculum trees

Course curriculums are deeply nested JSON objects. We parse and flatten these structures into relational tables, linking lectures and sections back to the parent course ID.

Pagination limits
Handling infinite scroll in reviews

Extracting thousands of reviews requires precise API pagination and session management to avoid rate limits and capture the entire historical corpus.

Data volume
Managing massive catalogue updates

With hundreds of thousands of active courses, full catalogue refreshes require distributed crawling. We use Apache Airflow to orchestrate parallel tasks across Kubernetes clusters.

Applications

Who uses Udemy data and how

Teams across industries use udemy.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
EdTech Competitor Analysis

Competing platforms monitor Udemy course catalogues, pricing strategies, and instructor acquisitions to identify content gaps.

02
Corporate Training Procurement

HR and L&D teams extract course metadata to evaluate and integrate third-party content into their internal learning management systems.

03
Instructor Market Research

Content creators analyse category demand, average enrolments, and student feedback to plan their next course syllabus.

04
AI Training Data

Machine learning teams use course descriptions and curriculum structures to train educational recommendation engines and skill taxonomy models.

05
Pricing Strategy

Analysts track discount frequencies and regional price variations to understand price elasticity in the online education market.

06
Review Sentiment Analysis

Product teams mine student reviews to identify common complaints about video quality, outdated software, or teaching styles.

Why DataFlirt

"Udemy represents the largest structured dataset of professional skills and learning pathways available on the public web."

Accessing this data requires navigating dynamic pricing algorithms, Cloudflare protections, and deeply nested JSON APIs. DataFlirt manages the extraction infrastructure so your data science teams can focus on mapping skill taxonomies and analyzing market demand.

Technical Spec

Udemy scraper technical capabilities

Everything supported by our udemy.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

JavaScript rendering
Full Playwright sessions required for dynamic pricing and localized currency rendering
Supported
Cloudflare bypass
Automated TLS fingerprinting and solver integration for API access
Supported
Regional pricing
Extract prices specific to IN, US, UK, or other requested locales
Supported
Curriculum flattening
Transform nested section and lecture JSONs into relational rows
Supported
Review pagination
Capture the complete historical review corpus for any course
Supported
Instructor linking
Map multi-instructor courses to individual instructor profile metrics
Supported
Change detection
Hash-based diffs to only emit records with changed prices or enrolments
Supported
Video content extraction
Downloading actual MP4 video files from paid or free courses
Partial
Student progress data
Accessing individual user completion rates or quiz scores
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the Udemy pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Scrapy and Playwright Integration

Scrapy handles category traversal and queue management. Playwright executes JavaScript to trigger localized pricing and bypass client-side security checks.

Geographic Proxy Pools

We route requests through specific regional ISP proxies to capture accurate local pricing, bypassing IP-based currency redirection.

Distributed Orchestration

Pipelines run on Kubernetes clusters managed by Apache Airflow, enabling parallel extraction of massive course categories without triggering rate limits.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested, schema versioned per run
CSV
Flat file with typed columns, Excel compatible
Parquet
Columnar format for BigQuery, Snowflake, Athena
S3
Direct bucket delivery, compatible with any data lake
BigQuery
Streamed directly into your dataset with schema auto-detect
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time downstream processing
Postgres
Upsert into your existing schema with conflict resolution
Snowflake
Stage and COPY INTO workflow, incremental or full-replace
// faq

Common questions.

About udemy.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping Udemy legal?

Scraping publicly available metadata, such as course titles, prices, and public reviews, is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated data. We do not extract paid video content, proprietary course materials, or user personal data. Clients should consult legal counsel regarding their specific use cases.

How do you handle Udemy pricing variations?

Udemy prices vary by region and active promotions. We use geographically targeted residential proxies and isolated browser sessions to capture the exact price displayed to a user in a specific country.

Can you extract the course curriculum?

Yes. We extract the public syllabus, including section titles, lecture names, video durations, and preview availability. We do not extract the actual video files or gated content.

How do you bypass Cloudflare on Udemy?

We utilize advanced TLS fingerprinting, realistic browser headers, and automated solver integrations to navigate Cloudflare turnstiles without interrupting the extraction pipeline.

How frequently can you update course data?

We can configure pipelines to run daily or weekly depending on your requirements. Daily runs are typical for monitoring flash sales and dynamic pricing changes.

Can you track instructor metrics over time?

Yes. We can capture instructor total student counts, average ratings, and review volumes on a scheduled basis, delivering a time-series dataset for trend analysis.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=udemy.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a complete category extraction or continuous monitoring of instructor metrics, we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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