Guides & Walkthroughs

Open the Connect section

Scroll to the "Connect Your Account" section on the homepage, or click "Get Started" in the top nav.

Choose Email Login

For the quickest setup, enter your Udemy email and password. If you encounter a CAPTCHA or CSRF error, switch to Cookie Login (see the Cookie Login guide below).

Click Connect Account

The engine will authenticate with the Udemy API and begin monitoring coupon sites immediately. No further action is required.

Wait for the first enrollments

Within minutes, the engine will start finding and applying 100% off coupons. Check your Udemy dashboard to see new courses appearing in "My Learning".

Log in to Udemy in your browser

Open Chrome or Firefox and sign in to udemy.com with your account.

Open DevTools

Press F12 (or Cmd+Option+I on Mac) to open Browser Developer Tools.

Navigate to the Cookies panel

Click the "Application" tab at the top of DevTools. In the left sidebar, expand "Cookies" and click on "https://www.udemy.com".

Copy the three cookie values

Find and copy the value (not the name) of each of these three cookies:

access_token
client_id
csrftoken

Paste into the Cookie Login form

Switch to the Cookie Login tab on the Connect form. Paste each value into its corresponding field and click Connect Account.

Refreshing cookies when they expire

Udemy cookies typically last 30–90 days. When you see authentication errors, repeat this process to get fresh cookies.

Set a minimum course rating

Filter out low-quality courses by setting a minimum star rating. For example, setting 4.0 means only courses rated 4.0 stars or higher will be enrolled.

Choose preferred languages

Specify one or more languages (e.g. English, Hindi) to ensure you only enroll in courses you can understand. The engine will skip courses listed in other languages.

Block specific instructors

Add instructor names to your exclusion list. Any course published by a blocked instructor will be skipped, regardless of rating or language.

Save and apply your filters

Filters are applied in real time. All new coupon checks will honour your updated preferences immediately after saving.

Clone the repository

SSH into your server and clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/madhu2456/udemy_enroller_fastapi.git
cd udemy_enroller_fastapi

Install dependencies

Create a virtual environment and install the Python requirements:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configure your credentials

Copy the example environment file and add your Udemy credentials (or cookies) and any filter preferences:

cp .env.example .env
nano .env

Start the FastAPI server

Run the application with uvicorn:

uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

Keep it running with systemd or screen

To keep the process alive after you disconnect, use screen, tmux, or a systemd service file. See the GitHub README for a sample systemd config.

CSRF error with Email Login

This happens when Udemy's anti-bot system flags the login from a server IP. Fix: switch to Cookie Login, which uses a token already issued by Udemy to your real browser session.

Cookies stopped working

Udemy session cookies expire after 30–90 days. Fix: log in to udemy.com again in your browser, re-extract the three cookie values (access_token, client_id, csrftoken), and update them in the form.

No courses being enrolled

Check that your smart filters are not too restrictive. If your minimum rating is set very high or your language filter only includes rare languages, there may be few matching courses on any given day. Try relaxing the filters temporarily.

Enrollment fails for specific courses

Some coupons expire between the moment the engine detects them and the time the API call completes. This is normal — the engine will continue checking and enrolling other valid coupons.

The engine is not starting

If running locally, ensure all dependencies are installed and your .env file contains valid credentials. If running on a server, check the process logs for Python errors and make sure the virtual environment is activated.