Udemy(instructor)

About Udemy(instructor)

The Udemy Instructor API is a REST API that lets instructors on the Udemy platform build client applications and integrations for managing their courses. It exposes functionality for taught courses, course questions and replies, course reviews, and message threads, allowing instructors to build tools such as Q&A workflow managers or analytics dashboards for reviews and questions.

Access requires creating an API client from the user profile, which provides a bearer token used for HTTP basic authentication on every request. The API returns JSON responses, supports a fields parameter to customize which fields are returned per object type, and paginates most list responses with configurable page size (default 12, maximum 100). Requests are throttled to 100 per 10 seconds, with 429 responses returned when this limit is exceeded.

The API's root endpoint is versioned at /instructor-api/v1/ and only accepts HTTPS calls. It is described as being in maintenance mode, with no planned feature additions in the near term, though bug reports and feature requests can be submitted to instructor support. A CORS restriction currently prevents the API from being called directly from browsers.

Key features

• Manage taught courses and course reviews via REST endpoints
• Read and reply to course Q&A questions
• Read and send messages through instructor message threads
• Bearer token authentication via API clients created in user profile
• Customize response fields per object using the fields parameter
• Paginated responses with configurable page size (max 100)

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