ITunes U
| iTunes U | |
| |
| URL | https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com |
| Status | Offline |
| Archiving status | Saved! |
| Archiving type | other |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
| Project lead | User:kyndigs |
| Data[how to use] | archiveteam_itunesu |
In May 2007, Apple announced the launch of iTunes U via the iTunes Store, which delivers university lectures from top U.S. colleges. With iTunes version 12.7 in August 2017, iTunes U collections became a part of the Podcasts app.
On 2020-06-10, Apple formally announced that iTunes U will be discontinued from the end of 2021 [1].
Archiving
There are three main branches of iTunes U:
- Beyond Campus
- K12
- University
Each branch has a list of institutions, and each institution can have many courses. It is common for courses in the same institution to share files with other courses in the same institution.
URLs
- Get Institution with list of courses: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/DZR.woa/wa/viewArtist?id={INSTITUTION_ID}
- Get Course Data: https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/LZDirectory.woa/ra/directory/courses/{COURSE_GUID}/feed
The following URL can garner more meta details for organizing, this is the URL used by iTunes U app but requires you to subscribe to the course, then use the cookie to request and get the meta.
https://p1-u.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/LZStudent.woa/ra/feed/{COURSE_GUID}
User Agent
In some cases if you want to pull data from iTunes links, you can set the following user agent in your request.
User-Agent: iTunesU/3.8 iOS/13.3 model/iPad6,7 hwp/s8001 build/17C54 (5; dt:111) iTunesU/3.8
Archiving Status
Each upload contains a meta file meta.json for the course, which contains all the meta for the course description, file descriptions and course content.
Beyond Campus
Universities
https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22university%22&and%5b%5d=subject%3A%22itunes-u%22
K12
https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22K12%22&and%5b%5d=subject%3A%22itunes-u%22