Is there an API for Open Yale Courses?

Open Yale Courses does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 6 maintained endpoints for oyc.yale.edu. 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 Yale Courses 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 oyc.yale.edu changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a Open Yale Courses account?

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

What does the Open Yale Courses 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 Yale Courses API

oyc.yale.edu

Open Yale Courses - courses by department, lectures, syllabi, and videos.

Actions: 6
Category: Education
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

Get an API key Wire API reference

Call the Open Yale Courses API

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

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_oyc_yale_course_detail",
    "params": {
      "department_slug": "economics",
      "course_slug": "econ-252-08"
    }
  }'

6 actions on oyc.yale.edu

Read

Course Details
act_oyc_yale_course_detailread1 credit / call
Returns course details including title, description, and lecture links.
department_slug
string · required
course_slug
string · required
Department Catalog
act_oyc_yale_department_catalogread1 credit / call
Returns the full course catalog with titles, departments, professors, and terms.
Department Course Listing
act_oyc_yale_department_course_listingread1 credit / call
Returns a department's courses with titles, professors, and descriptions.
department_slug
string · required
Homepage Featured Courses
act_oyc_yale_homepage_ssrread1 credit / call
Returns featured courses from the homepage with titles, professors, and images.
Lecture Details
act_oyc_yale_lecture_detailread1 credit / call
Returns lecture details including title, summary, and full transcript.
department_slug
string · required
course_slug
string · required
lecture_slug
string · required
Lecture Video Embed
act_oyc_yale_lecture_video_embedread1 credit / call
Returns a lecture video's title, channel, embed URL, and view count.
youtube_video_id
string · required
si
string

Open Yale Courses API questions

Is there an API for Open Yale Courses?: Open Yale Courses does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 6 maintained endpoints for oyc.yale.edu. 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 Yale Courses 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 oyc.yale.edu changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Open Yale Courses account?: No. Every Open Yale Courses action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the Open Yale Courses 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.