Is there an API for Open Culture?

Open Culture does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 5 maintained endpoints for openculture.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape Open Culture data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when openculture.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a Open Culture account?

No. Every Open Culture action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the Open Culture API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

Education

Open Culture API

openculture.com

Open Culture - free courses, eBooks, audiobooks, and articles.

Actions: 5
Category: Education
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

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Call the Open Culture API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs act_openculture_audiobook_collection_article.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "act_openculture_audiobook_collection_article",
    "params": {
      "collection_slug": "freeaudiobooks"
    }
  }'

5 actions on openculture.com

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Audiobook Collection Article
act_openculture_audiobook_collection_articleread1 credit / call
Returns a free-audiobooks collection article with title, body, and download or stream links.
collection_slug
string · required
Course Collection Article
act_openculture_course_collection_articleread1 credit / call
Returns a free-online-courses collection article with title, body, course links, and related collections.
collection_slug
string · required
Course Listing
act_openculture_course_listingread1 credit / call
Returns courses for a subject category, each with title, URL, link type, instructor, and institution.
category_slug
string · required
Ebook Hub Listing
act_openculture_ebook_hub_listingread1 credit / call
Returns the free eBooks hub with ebook entries by title, author, and source URL.
Homepage Feed
act_openculture_homepage_feedread1 credit / call
Returns the homepage feed of articles with title, URL, summary, date, section, tags, and author.

Open Culture API questions

Is there an API for Open Culture?: Open Culture does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 5 maintained endpoints for openculture.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape Open Culture data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when openculture.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Open Culture account?: No. Every Open Culture action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the Open Culture API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.