# Coursera API: Search courses > Finds Coursera courses, specializations, professional certificates, degrees and guided projects on a topic, in Coursera's search order. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Coursera. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/coursera.org/search-courses - Method: `coursera.org/search_courses`, version 1 - Website: coursera.org - Returns: title, partner, type, level, rating, reviews, duration, skills, image, URL - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `level` | string | no | | Difficulty level, for example beginner; any includes all levels. One of "any", "beginner", "intermediate", "advanced". Default "any". | | `topic` | string | yes | `"data analysis"` | Topic or skill to search, for example data analysis. | | `free_only` | boolean | no | | Keep only items Coursera labels Free, for example true. Default false. | | `max_results` | integer | no | | Maximum number of results, for example 20 (up to 100). Default 20. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "topic": "data analysis" } ``` Its output: ```json { "courses": [ { "type": "course", "level": "Beginner", "title": "Introduction to Data Analytics", "rating": 4.7, "duration": "1 - 3 Months", "image_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/coursera-course-photos/77/330fd160df42a79e6286fdc7b6b60f/Course-1--Introduction-to-Data-Analysis_1200x600.jpg", "course_url": "https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-data-analytics", "offered_by": "IBM", "number_of_reviews": 20887, "skills_youll_gain": [ "Data Storytelling", "Data Mining", "Extract, Transform, Load" ] }, { "type": "specialization", "level": "Beginner", "title": "Microsoft Data Analysis with SQL, Excel & Power BI", "rating": 4.6, "duration": "3 - 6 Months", "image_url": "https://d15cw65ipctsrr.cloudfront.net/8c/625f6802494c73be844b9e745d4d4d/Microsoft-Data-Analysis-with-SQL-Excel-Power-BI.png", "course_url": "https://www.coursera.org/specializations/microsoft-data-analysis-sql-excel-powerbi", "offered_by": "Microsoft", "number_of_reviews": 1529, "skills_youll_gain": [ "Data Visualization", "Data Storytelling", "Power BI" ] }, { "type": "course", "level": "Beginner", "title": "Excel Basics for Data Analysis", "rating": 4.7, "duration": "1 - 3 Months", "image_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/coursera-course-photos/d3/1b8035aa844596a652515a08db8a42/IBM-DA-Course-2_New-Option-3.jpg", "course_url": "https://www.coursera.org/learn/excel-basics-data-analysis-ibm", "offered_by": "IBM", "number_of_reviews": 11048, "skills_youll_gain": [ "Excel Formulas", "Data Analysis", "Pivot Tables And Charts" ] } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"coursera.org/search_courses","input":{"topic":"data analysis"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Find beginner-friendly Coursera courses on data analysis, free only, top 10 results - I need advanced machine learning specializations on Coursera, show me up to 25 - What professional certificates does Coursera have for project management at an intermediate level? - List free guided projects about Python programming from any level, maximum 15 results - Search for cloud computing courses and degrees for intermediate learners, returning 30 options with ratings and durations ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "topic" ], "properties": { "level": { "enum": [ "any", "beginner", "intermediate", "advanced" ], "type": "string", "default": "any", "description": "Difficulty level, for example beginner; any includes all levels." }, "topic": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Topic or skill to search, for example data analysis." }, "free_only": { "type": "boolean", "default": false, "description": "Keep only items Coursera labels Free, for example true." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of results, for example 20 (up to 100)." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "courses" ], "properties": { "courses": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "offered_by", "type", "level", "rating", "number_of_reviews", "duration", "skills_youll_gain", "image_url", "course_url" ], "properties": { "type": { "enum": [ "course", "specialization", "professional certificate", "degree", "guided project" ], "type": "string" }, "level": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "rating": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "duration": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "image_url": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "course_url": { "type": "string" }, "offered_by": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "number_of_reviews": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "skills_youll_gain": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } } }, "additionalProperties": false } } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Coursera API: Get course details](https://fous.com/methods/coursera.org/get-course.md): Looks up a Coursera course, specialization or professional certificate by name or link and returns its providers, instructors, rating, enrollment, modules, skills, languages and publicly shown price. - [Udemy API: Search courses by topic](https://fous.com/methods/udemy.com/search-courses.md): Searches Udemy courses on a topic and returns US visitor prices in USD, ratings, lecture counts and course details. - [MIT API: Search courses](https://fous.com/methods/ocw.mit.edu/search-courses.md): Finds free MIT OpenCourseWare courses matching a topic, in relevance order, optionally limited to a course level or courses with lecture videos. - [Kaggle API: Search datasets](https://fous.com/methods/kaggle.com/search-datasets.md): Finds public Kaggle datasets on a topic, with size, file formats, usability, popularity and license. 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