Udemy is one of the most popular online learning platforms, with over 42 million students worldwide. On Udemy, each course has a unique course ID associated with it. Knowing your Udemy course ID can be useful for a number of reasons:
- Promoting your course by sharing the direct URL
- Troubleshooting course access issues
- Integrating your Udemy course with other platforms
Fortunately, there are a few easy ways to find the ID for your Udemy course. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk through the various methods you can use to locate your Udemy course ID.
Check the Course URL
The easiest way to find the ID for your Udemy course is directly from the course URL.
Here’s an example Udemy course URL:
https://www.udemy.com/course/excel-from-beginner-to-advanced/
As you can see, the last part of the URL contains a sequence of numbers and letters – this is the Udemy course ID.
So for this example course, the ID is excel-from-beginner-to-advanced.
To find your own course ID using this method:
- Go to your Udemy course page
- Look at the URL in your browser’s address bar
- The course ID will be the last part of the URL, after “/course/”
This is by far the fastest way to find your Udemy course ID. The only limitation is that you need access to the live course URL to use this method.
Check Your Course Dashboard
You can also find a Udemy course ID from the Udemy instructor dashboard:
- Login to your Udemy instructor account
- Click on the course you want the ID for
- The course ID will be displayed near the top of the page next to the title
For example, when viewing your course dashboard, you may see something like:
Excel from Beginner to Advanced
Course ID: excel-from-beginner-to-advanced
This displays the course title and ID together for easy access. Just note down or copy the ID from this page.
The benefit of using your course dashboard is you can find the ID for both published and unpublished courses.
Check Student Enrollment URL
When students purchase your Udemy course, they receive a receipt with a URL to access the course material. This enrollment URL also contains the course ID.
Here is an example enrollment URL:
https://www.udemy.com/course/excel-from-beginner-to-advanced/?couponCode=ENROLL10
So in this case, the course ID is again excel-from-beginner-to-advanced.
As an instructor, you can view sample enrollment receipts in your course dashboard. Go to your course and click on “View enrollment receipts” to see examples.
While it takes an extra step to view enrollment receipts, this can be helpful if you don’t have direct access to your live course URL for any reason.
Check Course Insights Analytics
Within your Udemy instructor account, you also have access to powerful course analytics through Course Insights.
The Course Insights page displays key metrics for your classes, and also prominently shows the course ID at the top of the screen.
To leverage Course Insights to find your ID:
- Navigate to the Course Insights page
- Select your course from the dropdown menu
- The course ID will be shown at the very top of the screen
For unpublished courses that don’t have any URL or enrollments yet, checking Course Insights can be a good option to quickly retrieve the course ID.
Find Course ID in Source Code
Here is another more technical way to find your Udemy course ID, which involves viewing the HTML source code of your course page.
To find the ID using this method:
- Go to your live course page and right click
- Choose “View Page Source” or “View Source Code”
- Press CTRL + F on your keyboard to open the search box
- Search for the term “course_id”
- The ID will appear in the source code next to “course_id”
For example, you may see something like:
{“course_id”: “excel-from-beginner-to-advanced”}
So the ID here would be excel-from-beginner-to-advanced.
This takes a few more steps but can be helpful if you don’t have access to the instructor dashboard for any reason. The source code always contains the definitive Udemy course ID.
Use the Udemy API
Udemy also provides a REST API that developers can use to programmatically retrieve information from Udemy courses.
Calling the right endpoints of the Udemy API can return the course ID. However, using the API requires coding knowledge and authorization credentials.
Here is a simple example using the “Get Course Details” endpoint to retrieve a course ID:
“`
import requests
url = “https://www.udemy.com/api-2.0/courses/1254120”
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json()[“id”])
“`
This makes an API call to get the details for course ID 1254120. The response contains a JSON object with the course ID.
While the Udemy API takes more specialized knowledge, it can be a powerful way to look up course IDs from an external application or integration.
Conclusion
Finding your Udemy course ID is easy once you know where to look. A few simple options include:
- Extracting it from the course URL
- Checking your instructor course dashboard
- Looking at enrollment receipt URLs
- Viewing it in Course Insights analytics
- Searching the source code of your course page
- Using the Udemy API (for developers)
Knowing your course ID makes it easier to share direct links to your Udemy content or troubleshoot any issues.
Hopefully this guide has provided a clear overview of the multiple ways you can find your Udemy course ID as an instructor. The direct course URL tends to be the fastest route. But the dashboard, enrollments, analytics, source code, and API also work if needed.
If you have any other questions on finding and using your Udemy course IDs as an instructor, be sure to consult Udemy’s comprehensive instructor help center for more tips.
Happy teaching!