Udemy API retired: what still works for Udemy data
The official pages mark the Udemy Affiliate API v2.0 as retired or closed. What they say, what replaced it and the catalogue Actors that return Udemy data now.
Short answer
Udemy course lists, course details, public curricula and reviews are no longer available through the retired Affiliate API. The Instructor API serves an instructor's own courses, while the Udemy Business catalog API serves organization customers.
Status checked 2026-11-12. Routes that work for Udemy data
The official route first, then the catalogue Actors that fit this problem, by their published fields. Store figures are the publisher's public numbers.
Official price: No public self-serve API is offered since the Affiliate API was discontinued. Compare all 9 Udemy routes.
Routes that work for Skool data
The official route first, then the catalogue Actors that fit this problem, by their published fields. Store figures are the publisher's public numbers.
Official price: No public self-serve API or price is published. Compare all 9 Skool routes.
What is verified
| Fact | Value |
|---|
| Status | Retired |
| What the official pages say | Udemy's Affiliate API offered course lists, course details, public curricula and reviews; its documentation page states that access was discontinued from 2025-01-01 and points to the Udemy Affiliate Program instead. The Instructor API covers an instructor's own courses, and Udemy Business has a catalog API for its organization customers |
| Price and access now | No public self-serve API is offered since the Affiliate API was discontinued |
| Limits | Affiliate API access ended on 2025-01-01. Udemy pages returned 403 to our automated check on 2026-11-11, so the notice was confirmed from the indexed official page text |
The Affiliate Program is the named destination
The Affiliate API documentation states that access was discontinued and directs readers to the Udemy Affiliate Program. That referral concerns the affiliate programme; Udemy no longer offers a public self-serve API for the former course discovery use case.
The remaining APIs have specific audiences
The Instructor API covers an instructor's own courses, and the Udemy Business catalog API is for organization customers. Match the integration to the relevant account and audience before planning a migration.
What works now
Instructors can use the Instructor API for their own courses, and organization customers have the Udemy Business catalog API. For broader public course collection, assess an alternative service by its documented course coverage and access requirements.
Questions people ask
Can a new project use the Udemy Affiliate API?
Access to the Affiliate API has been discontinued. Udemy no longer offers a public self-serve API for that route.
Is the Affiliate Program a replacement API?
The retirement notice directs readers to the Udemy Affiliate Program. It offers no replacement public self-serve API.
Can the Instructor API retrieve the wider Udemy catalogue?
The Instructor API covers an instructor's own courses. Choose another route if the application needs broader course discovery.
Who can use the Udemy Business catalog API?
Udemy Business offers its catalog API to organization customers. Confirm access through the organization's Udemy Business account before designing the integration.
Sources
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Content updated 2026-11-12Data checked 2026-11-12