Multiple: /api/courses/v0/courses/

Returns a list of JSON representations of courses in the edX Platform, constrained by organization.

Single: /api/courses/v0/courses/{course_id}/

Returns the JSON representation for a single course

Available Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Values	Required	Default	Notes
org	string	various	no
display	string	brief \| full	no	brief (multi), full (single)
course_id	csv	strings	no
include_fields	csv	strings	no		Request additional fields, returns null for fields not found
page	integer	1-N	no	1	Django REST Framework parameter
page_size	integer	1-N	no	20	Django REST Framework parameter
pacing	string	strings	no		Request only courses with the specified pacing
mode	string	strings	no		Request only courses with specific modes
subject	string	strings	no		Request only courses on specific subjects

Detailed Examples

Course Metadata Endpoint, Multiple

GET /api/courses/v0/courses/?page_size=1

{
  "count": 2,
  "next": "http://0.0.0.0:8000/api/course_metadata/v0/courses/?org=edX&page=2&page_size=1,
  "previous": null,
  "num_pages": 2,
  "results": [
    {
      "uri": "http://0.0.0.0:8000/api/course_metadata/v0/courses/MITx/4.605x_2/3T2014/",
      "id": "MITx/4.605x_2/3T2014",
      "org": "MITx",
      "course": "4.605x_2",
      "run": "3T2014",
      "name": "A Global History of Architecture: Part 1",
      "start_date": "2014-09-23T14:00:00Z",
      "end_date": "2014-12-11T05:00:00Z",
      "short_description": "This is the short description for the edX Demonstration Course",
      "media": {
        "video": {
          "uri": "http://media.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/videos/promo.mov",
        },
        "image": {
          "uri": "http://media.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/images/promo.png",
        },
      },
      "purchase_url": "http://shop.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/purchase"
      "due": null,
      "staff":[
        {
          "name": "Professor Smith", 
          "image_url": "http://media.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/images/smith.png",
          "description": "Professor Smith is the lead researcher for this topic."
        },
        {
          "name": "Assistant Ben", 
          "image_url": "http://media.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/images/ben.png",
          "description": "Assistant Ben does a lot of the day-to-day work."
        }
      ],
      "price": "999.00"
    },
    {...}
  ]
}

Course Metadata Endpoint, Single

GET /api/courses/v0/courses/MITx/4.605x_2/3T2014/

{
  "uri": "http://0.0.0.0:8000/api/course_metadata/v0/courses/MITx/4.605x_2/3T2014/",
  "id": "MITx/4.605x_2/3T2014",
  "org": "MITx",
  "course": "4.605x_2",
  "run": "3T2014",
  "name": "A Global History of Architecture: Part 1",
  "start_date": "2014-09-23T14:00:00Z",
  "end_date": "2014-12-11T05:00:00Z",
  "short_description": "This is the short description for the edX Demonstration Course",
  "media": {
    "video": {
      "uri": "http://media.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/videos/promo.mov",
    },
 	"image": {
      "uri": "http://media.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/images/promo.png",
    },
  },
  "purchase_url": "http://shop.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/purchase"
  "due": null,
  "staff":[
    {
      "name": "Professor Smith", 
      "image_url": "http://media.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/images/smith.png",
      "description": "Professor Smith is the lead researcher for this topic."
    },
    {
      "name": "Assistant Ben", 
      "image_url": "http://media.edx.org/courses/edX/Demo/Course/images/ben.png",
      "description": "Assistant Ben does a lot of the day-to-day work."
    }
  ],
  "price": "999.00"
}

Complete Field List

Field	Type	Brief	Full	Notes
uri	string	x	x	Fully-qualified URL for the Course About page
course_id	string	x	x	Full course identifier (opaque key)
org	string	x	x
course	string	x	x
course_family	string	x	x	Combines org and course into a key that can be matched across runs
run	string	x	x
name	string	x	x
start	datetime	x	x
end	datetime	x	x
short_description	string	x	x
media	dict	x	x
media.xxxxx	dict	x	x	Ex: ''video', 'image'
media.xxxxx.uri	string	x	x
media.xxxxx.name	string	x	x
media.xxxxx.description	string	x	x
media.xxxxx.type	string	x	x	Ex: 'youtube', 'brightcove'
staff	array	x	x
staff[n].name	string	x	x
staff[n].uri	string	x	x
staff[n].media	dict		x
staff[n].media.xxxxx	dict		x	Ex: 'video', 'image'
staff[n].media.xxxxx.uri	string		x
staff[n].media.xxxxx.name	string		x
staff[n].media.xxxxx.description	string		x
staff[n].media.xxxxx.type	string		x	Ex: 'youtube', 'large'
price	string	x	x	Price of the course in US dollars
subjects	array		x
subjects[n].title	string		x
subjects[n].uri	string		x
subjects[n].language	string		x
level	dict		x
level.title	string		x
level.uri	string		x
languages	array		x
languages.xx	dict		x
languages.xx.title	string		x
languages.xx.uri	string		x
pacing	enum	x	x	Possible values: ("self", "instructor")
mode	enum	x	x	Possible values: ("honor", "audit", "verified", "credit")
xseries	string	x	x	Which Xseries this course is a part of, if any
length	string		x
effort	string		x
prerequisites	string		x

Course Discovery API

Multiple: /api/courses/v0/courses/

Single: /api/courses/v0/courses/{course_id}/

Available Query Parameters

Detailed Examples

Course Metadata Endpoint, Multiple

GET /api/courses/v0/courses/?page_size=1

Course Metadata Endpoint, Single

GET /api/courses/v0/courses/MITx/4.605x_2/3T2014/

Complete Field List