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# CRM API | Courses
> Use the courses API to manage courses in the HubSpot CRM.
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In HubSpot, courses store information about programs such as a series of lessons, trainings, or educational modules. The courses endpoints allow you to create and manage course records in your HubSpot account, as well as sync course data between HubSpot and other systems.
The course object must be [activated in the HubSpot account](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/data-management/use-the-data-model-builder#activate-or-deactivate-an-object) to manage course records. Learn more about objects, records, properties, and associations APIs in the [Understanding the CRM](/guides/crm/understanding-the-crm) guide.
## Create courses
To create new courses:
* To create one course, make a `POST` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses`.
* To create multiple courses, make a `POST` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/batch/create`.
In your request, include your course data in a `properties` object. You can also add an `associations` object to associate your new course with existing records (e.g., contacts, companies), or activities (e.g., meetings, notes).
For batch create actions, you can enable multi-status errors which tell you which records were successfully created and which were not. Learn more about [setting up multi-status error handling](/api-reference/error-handling#multi-status-errors).
### Create courses with property values
When creating a course, include course properties to store the course's details.
For example, to create a new course, your request may look similar to the following:
```json theme={null}
{
"properties": {
"hs_course_name": "Introduction to Inbound Marketing",
"hs_course_id": "course-101",
"hs_course_description": "A foundational course covering inbound marketing principles.",
"hs_enrollment_capacity": "50"
}
}
```
For a list of default course properties, refer to the [courses object definition page](/api-reference/latest/crm/objects/courses/object-definition). To view all available course properties in your account, including custom properties, make a `GET` request to `/crm/properties/2026-03/courses`. Learn more about the [properties API](/api-reference/latest/crm/properties/guide).
### Create courses with associations
When creating a new course, you can also associate the course with [existing records](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/records/associate-records) or [activities](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/records/associate-activities-with-records) by including an `associations` array.
For example, to associate a new course with an existing contact, your request would look like the following:
```json theme={null}
{
"properties": {
"hs_course_name": "Introduction to Inbound Marketing",
"hs_course_id": "course-101",
"hs_course_description": "A foundational course covering inbound marketing principles."
},
"associations": [
{
"to": {
"id": "123456"
},
"types": [
{
"associationCategory": "HUBSPOT_DEFINED",
"associationTypeId": 860
}
]
}
]
}
```
| Parameter | Description |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `to` | The record or activity you want to associate with the course, specified by its unique `id` value. |
| `types` | The type of the association between the course and the record/activity. Include the `associationCategory` and `associationTypeId`. Default association type IDs are listed on the [associations API guide](/api-reference/latest/crm/associations/associate-records/guide#association-type-id-values), or you can retrieve the value for custom association types via the [associations API](/api-reference/latest/crm/associations/associate-records/guide#retrieve-association-types). |
## Retrieve courses
You can retrieve courses individually or in batches. Include the following query parameters in your request URLs to retrieve certain data.
| Parameter | Description |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `properties` | A comma-separated list of the properties to be returned in the response. If a requested property isn't defined, it won't be included in the response. If a requested property is defined but a course doesn't have a value, it will be returned as `null`. |
| `propertiesWithHistory` | A comma-separated list of the current and historical properties to be returned in the response. |
| `associations` | Supported when retrieving an individual course or all courses, a comma-separated list of objects to retrieve associated IDs for. Learn more about the [associations API](/api-reference/latest/crm/associations/associate-records/guide). |
### Retrieve an individual course
To retrieve an individual course by its record ID, make a `GET` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/{courseId}`.
### Retrieve all courses
To request a list of all courses, make a `GET` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses`.
You can retrieve up to 100 courses in one request.
* To retrieve a specific amount under 100, add a value to the `limit` parameter. For example, `?limit=50`.
* To paginate through results, include the `after` parameter with the `after` value returned from the previous request.
### Retrieve a batch of courses
To retrieve courses in batches, make a `POST` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/batch/read`. Include the `id` values of the courses you want to retrieve.
**Please note:** the batch endpoint cannot retrieve associations. To view associations for a specific batch of courses, retrieve the courses' `id` values first, then include them in a request to the batch read associations API endpoint. Learn how to retrieve associations with the [associations API](/api-reference/latest/crm/associations/associate-records/guide).
For example, to retrieve a batch of courses by their record ID values:
```json theme={null}
{
"properties": ["hs_course_name", "hs_course_id", "hs_course_description"],
"inputs": [
{
"id": "1234567"
},
{
"id": "987456"
}
]
}
```
## Update courses
You can update courses individually or in batches.
### Update an individual course
To update an individual course by its record ID, make a `PATCH` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/{courseId}`, and include the data you want to update.
For example:
```json theme={null}
{
"properties": {
"hs_enrollment_capacity": "75"
}
}
```
### Update a batch of courses
To update multiple courses, make a `POST` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/batch/update`. In your request body, include each course's record ID as the `id` and include the properties you want to update.
For example:
```json theme={null}
{
"inputs": [
{
"id": "123456789",
"properties": {
"hs_enrollment_capacity": "75"
}
},
{
"id": "56789123",
"properties": {
"hs_enrollment_capacity": "30"
}
}
]
}
```
## Upsert courses
You can batch create and update courses at the same time using the upsert endpoint. Following the request, if the courses already exist, they'll be updated; if they don't exist, they'll be created.
To upsert courses, make a `POST` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/batch/upsert`.
## Associate existing courses with records or activities
To associate a course with other CRM records or an activity, make a `PUT` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/{courseId}/associations/{toObjectType}/{toObjectId}/{associationTypeId}`.
To retrieve the `associationTypeId` value, refer to the [list of default values](/api-reference/latest/crm/associations/associate-records/guide#association-type-id-values), or make a `GET` request to `/crm/associations/2026-03/{fromObjectType}/{toObjectType}/labels`.
Learn more about the [associations API](/api-reference/latest/crm/associations/associate-records/guide).
## Delete courses
You can delete courses individually or in batches, which will add the course to the recycling bin in HubSpot. You can later [restore the record within HubSpot](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/records/restore-deleted-records).
* To delete an individual course, make a `DELETE` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/{courseId}`.
* To delete courses in batches, make a `POST` request to `/crm/objects/2026-03/courses/batch/archive`.