--- title: "Search for courses" slug: "search-for-courses" updated: 2024-10-25T18:04:27Z published: 2026-02-10T22:32:35Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.skillable.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Search for courses Get/SearchCourses Allows you to search for courses. SecurityAPI Key: api_keyHeader parameter nameapi_key Query parameterspageIndexinteger (int32) A 0-based index of the paged results you wish to receive. In general, you should start with a value of zero and increment it as you need to retrieve additional results. If not supplied, a value of 0 is used (the first page of results). pageSizeinteger (int32) Indicates how many results you want per page. if not supplied, a default value of 100 is used. sortstring The value you want to sort by. If not supplied, a default value of "Name" will be used. You can append " DESC" after the sort value to sort descending. For example, "Name DESC" would sort by name in descending order. Possible values: - Name - Organization - ContentProvider - AvailableInstructorLed - AvailableSelfPaced namestring An optional parameter used to filter for courses by name. When specified, only courses that have names that contain or match this value will be returned. externalIdstring An optional parameter used to filter for courses by external ID hasLabsboolean An optional parameter used to filter for courses that contain labs. If true is passed, only courses with labs are returned. If false is passed, only courses without labs are returned. createdAfterstring An optional parameter used to filter for courses created after a specified date. When used in conjunction with the "createdBefore" parameter, it becomes possible to filter for a given time range. This should be provided in unix epoch format, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC January 1st, 1970. createdBeforestring An optional parameter used to filter for courses created before a specified date. When used in conjunction with the "createdAfter" parameter, it becomes possible to filter for a given time range. This should be provided in unix epoch format, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC January 1st, 1970. lastModifiedAfterstring An optional parameter used to filter for courses modified after a specified date. When used in conjunction with the "lastModifiedBefore" parameter, it becomes possible to filter for a given time range. This should be provided in unix epoch format, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC January 1st, 1970. lastModifiedBeforestring An optional parameter used to filter for courses modified before a specified date. When used in conjunction with the "lastModifiedAfter" parameter, it becomes possible to filter for a given time range. This should be provided in unix epoch format, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC January 1st, 1970. availableInstructorLedboolean An optional parameter used to filter for courses that are available instructor-led. If true is passed, only courses that are avaialble instructor-led are returned. If false is passed, only courses that are not available instructor-led are returned. availableSelfPacedboolean An optional parameter used to filter for courses that are available self-paced. If true is passed, only courses that are avaialble self-paced are returned. If false is passed, only courses that are not available self-paced are returned. Responses200 OK Response Expand Allobject Statusinteger (int32) Indicates the status of the API request. 0 = Success 10 = Error 20 = Not found 30 = Invalid integration key Example10 Errorstring | null Error details. This will only have a value if an error was encountered. The status property will also be set to Error (10). TotalCountinteger (int32) The total number of results that match the search conditions, not all of which may be in the current result set. Example1 TotalPagesinteger (int32) The total number of result pages that match the search conditions. Example1 Results Array of object (CourseSearchResult) See CourseSearchResult. object Idinteger (int32) The unique identifier of the course. Example4567 ExternalIdstring | null The course assignment's external ID, usually a unique identifier from the calling system. ExampleFC8D0166-B2F3-4705-8187-5D72BA81F511 Namestring The name of the course. ExampleCourse A Descriptionstring | null The activity's description OrganizationIdinteger (int32) The ID of the organization the course belongs to. Example455 OrganizationNamestring The name of the organization the course belongs to. ExampleSample Organization ContentProviderIdinteger (int32) | null The ID of the course content provider. Example9876 AvailableInstructorLedboolean Indicates whether the course is available instructor-led. Exampletrue AvailableSelfPacedboolean Indicates whether the course is available self-paced. Examplefalse CustomFields Array of object (CustomField) See CustomField object Namestring The name of the custom field. ExampleMyCustomText TexValuestring The value of the custom field. ExampleWoohoo! Createdinteger (int64) When the course was created. Provided in Unix epoch format, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC January 1st, 1970. Example1449496820 LastModifiedinteger (int64) When the course was last modified. Provided in Unix epoch format, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC January 1st, 1970. Example1584035105 AutoArchiveDateinteger (int64) | null When the course is scheduled to be archived. Provided in Unix epoch format, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC January 1st, 1970. Example1453024103