11 Education APIs

Education APIs let you add education capabilities without building from scratch. Every entry below is profiled with trust signals — pricing model, authentication requirements, CORS support, rate limits, and live uptime checks — so you can compare options and pick production-safe choices instead of guessing from a link list.

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APIPricingAuthCORSHealth
ArXiv API
ArXiv API: search and retrieve academic papers in physics, math, CS, biology, and other scientific fields.
FreeAPI KeyYesProfile
Canvas LMS API
Access and manage courses, users, enrollments, assignments, grades, files, and learning data.
FreeOAuthUnknownProfile
Clever Data API
Serves the Clever Data API
UnknownAPI KeyYesProfile
Coursera API
Coursera API: online courses, specializations, degrees, and learner progress data.
FreeUnknownYesProfile
Duolingo API
Duolingo API: language learning data, user progress, leaderboards, and course information.
FreeAPI KeyNoProfile
EdX API
EdX API: online courses, boot camps, and professional certificates from top universities.
FreeUnknownYesProfile
Khan Academy API
Khan Academy API: educational content, courses, exercises, and user progress data.
FreeUnknownYesProfile
Learnifier API
Learnifier API public API.
PaidUnknownYesProfile
ProProfs Quiz API
ProProfs Quiz Maker: create, manage, and embed quizzes, assessments, and surveys with analytics.
FreemiumAPI KeyYesProfile
Udemy API
Udemy API: online courses, instructors, ratings, and course content search.
FreemiumOAuthYesProfile
iQualify Management API
The iQualify API offers management responses for building learning experiences using your iQualify instance data. Once you’ve registered with iQualify, you can request an API access token by navigating to the API access
UnknownAPI KeyYesProfile

How to choose a education API

Start with pricing and auth: free tiers and no-auth APIs are fastest to prototype with. Then check CORS if your app calls the API from the browser, and health before you commit — a great API that's been down for a week will block your launch. Each profile below shows all of these signals plus rate limits where documented.