diff --git a/app/services/copy_course.rb b/app/services/copy_course.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+#= Copy course from another server dashboard
+class CopyCourse
+  def initialize(url:)
+    @url = url
+  end
+
+  def make_copy
+    @course_data = retrieve_course_data
+    copy_main_course_data
+    add_tracked_wikis
+    @cat_data = retrieve_categories_data
+    copy_tracked_categories_data
+    @users_data = retrieve_users_data
+    copy_users_data
+    return { course: @course, error: nil }
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    return { course: nil, error: e.message }
+  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid => e
+    return { course: nil, error: "Error copying data to db: #{e.message}" }
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def copy_main_course_data
+    # Extract the attributes we want to copy
+    params_to_copy = %w[school title term description start end subject slug timeline_start
+                        timeline_end type flags]
+    copied_data = {}
+    params_to_copy.each { |p| copied_data[p] = @course_data[p] }
+    @home_wiki = Wiki.get_or_create(language: @course_data['home_wiki']['language'],
+                                    project: @course_data['home_wiki']['project'])
+    copied_data['home_wiki_id'] = @home_wiki.id
+    copied_data['passcode'] = 'passcode' # set an arbitrary passcode
+    if copied_data['flags'].key?('update_logs')
+      copied_data['flags']['update_logs'] =
+        fix_update_logs_parsing(copied_data['flags']['update_logs'])
+    end
+    # Create the course
+    @course = Course.create!(copied_data)
+  end
+
+  # When parsing update_logs from flags, keys are set as strings instead of integers
+  # This causes problems, so we need to force the keys to be integers.
+  def fix_update_logs_parsing(update_logs)
+    update_logs.transform_keys(&:to_i)
+  end
+
+  def add_tracked_wikis
+    @course_data['wikis'].each do |wiki_hash|
+      wiki = Wiki.get_or_create(language: wiki_hash['language'], project: wiki_hash['project'])
+      next if wiki.id == @home_wiki.id # home wiki was automatically added already
+      @course.wikis << wiki
+    end
+  end
+
+  def copy_tracked_categories_data
+    @cat_data.each do |cat_hash|
+      wiki = Wiki.get_or_create(language: cat_hash['wiki']['language'],
+                                project: cat_hash['wiki']['project'])
+      cat = Category.find_or_create_by!(
+        depth: cat_hash['depth'],
+        source: cat_hash['source'],
+        name: cat_hash['name'],
+        wiki:
+      )
+      @course.categories << cat
+    end
+  end
+
+  def copy_users_data
+    @users_data.each do |user_hash|
+      user = User.find_or_create_by!(username: user_hash['username'])
+      CoursesUsers.create!(user_id: user.id, role: user_hash['role'], course_id: @course.id)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def get_request(path)
+    uri = URI(@url + path)
+    response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
+    raise "Error getting data from #{uri}" unless response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
+    response
+  end
+
+  def retrieve_course_data
+    response = get_request('/course.json')
+    JSON.parse(response.body)['course']
+  end
+
+  def retrieve_categories_data
+    response = get_request('/categories.json')
+    JSON.parse(response.body)['course']['categories']
+  end
+
+  def retrieve_users_data
+    response = get_request('/users.json')
+    JSON.parse(response.body)['course']['users']
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/copy_course_spec.rb b/spec/services/copy_course_spec.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe CopyCourse do
+  let(:url_base) { 'https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/' }
+  let(:existent_prod_course_slug) do
+    'University_of_South_Carolina/Invertebrate_Zoology_(Spring_2022)'
+  end
+  let(:course_url) { url_base + existent_prod_course_slug + '/course.json' }
+  let(:categories_url) { url_base + existent_prod_course_slug + '/categories.json' }
+  let(:users_url) { url_base + existent_prod_course_slug + '/users.json' }
+  let(:course_response_body) do
+    '{
+      "course": {
+        "id": 15907,
+        "slug": "University_of_South_Carolina/Invertebrate_Zoology_(Spring_2022)",
+        "school": "University of South Carolina",
+        "title": "Invertebrate Zoology",
+        "term": "Spring 2022",
+        "start": "2022-01-11T00:00:00.000Z",
+        "end": "2022-04-30T23:59:59.000Z",
+        "type": "ClassroomProgramCourse",
+        "home_wiki": {
+          "id": 1,
+          "language": "en",
+          "project": "wikipedia"
+        },
+        "flags": {
+          "update_logs": {
+            "28763": {
+              "start_time": "2022-05-26T16:13:42.177+00:00",
+              "end_time": "2022-05-26T16:13:46.648+00:00",
+              "sentry_tag_uuid": "4c0a1b87-da5a-4e82-8f40-3d560690cdb2",
+              "error_count": 0
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "wikis": [
+          {
+            "language": "en",
+            "project": "wikipedia"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }'
+  end
+  let(:categories_response_body) do
+    '{
+      "course": {
+        "categories": [
+          {
+            "name": "Category 0",
+            "depth": 0,
+            "source": "Source 0",
+            "wiki": {
+              "id": 1,
+              "language": "en",
+              "project": "wikipedia"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }'
+  end
+  let(:users_response_body) do
+    '{
+      "course": {
+        "users": [
+          {
+            "role": 1,
+            "id": 28451264,
+            "username": "Joshua Stone"
+          },
+          {
+            "role": 4,
+            "id": 22694295,
+            "username": "Helaine (Wiki Ed)"
+          },
+          {
+            "role": 0,
+            "id": 28515697,
+            "username": "CharlieJ385"
+          },
+          {
+            "role": 0,
+            "id": 28515751,
+            "username": "Diqi Yan"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }'
+  end
+  let(:subject) do
+    service = described_class.new(url: url_base + existent_prod_course_slug)
+    service.make_copy
+  end
+
+  describe '#make_copy' do
+    it 'returns an error if /course.json request fails' do
+      stub_request(:get, course_url)
+        .to_return(status: 404, body: '', headers: {})
+
+      result = subject
+      expect(result[:error]).to eq("Error getting data from #{course_url}")
+      expect(result[:course]).to be_nil
+    end
+
+    it 'returns an error if /categories.json request fails' do
+      # Stub the response to the course request
+      stub_request(:get, course_url)
+        .to_return(status: 200, body: course_response_body, headers: {})
+      # Stub the response to the categories request
+      stub_request(:get, categories_url)
+        .to_return(status: 404, body: '', headers: {})
+
+      result = subject
+      expect(result[:error]).to eq("Error getting data from #{categories_url}")
+      expect(result[:course]).to be_nil
+    end
+
+    it 'returns an error if /users.json request fails' do
+      # Stub the response to the course request
+      stub_request(:get, course_url)
+        .to_return(status: 200, body: course_response_body, headers: {})
+
+      # Stub the response to the categories request
+      stub_request(:get, categories_url)
+        .to_return(status: 200, body: categories_response_body, headers: {})
+
+      # Stub the response to the users request
+      stub_request(:get, users_url)
+        .to_return(status: 404, body: '', headers: {})
+
+      result = subject
+      expect(result[:error]).to eq("Error getting data from #{users_url}")
+      expect(result[:course]).to be_nil
+    end
+
+    it 'course, categories, and users are created if no error' do
+      # Stub the response to the course request
+      stub_request(:get, course_url)
+        .to_return(status: 200, body: course_response_body, headers: {})
+
+      # Stub the response to the categories request
+      stub_request(:get, categories_url)
+        .to_return(status: 200, body: categories_response_body, headers: {})
+
+      # Stub the response to the users request
+      stub_request(:get, users_url)
+        .to_return(status: 200, body: users_response_body, headers: {})
+      result = subject
+
+      # No error was returned
+      expect(result[:error]).to be_nil
+      # Course returned is not nil
+      expect(result[:course]).not_to be_nil
+
+      # The course was created
+      expect(Course.exists?(slug: existent_prod_course_slug)).to eq(true)
+
+      # Course users were created
+      course = Course.find_by(slug: existent_prod_course_slug)
+
+      expect(course.instructors.length).to eq(1)
+      expect(course.instructors.first.username).to eq('Joshua Stone')
+
+      expect(course.staff.length).to eq(1)
+      expect(course.staff.first.username).to eq('Helaine (Wiki Ed)')
+
+      expect(course.students.length).to eq(2)
+      expect(course.students.first.username).to eq('CharlieJ385')
+      expect(course.students.second.username).to eq('Diqi Yan')
+
+      # Wiki exists
+      expect(Wiki.exists?(language: 'en', project: 'wikipedia')).to eq(true)
+
+      # Category was created
+      expect(Category.exists?(name: 'Category 0', depth: 0, source: 'Source 0',
+                              wiki: 1)).to eq(true)
+
+      # Category course was created
+      expect(course.categories.length).to eq(1)
+
+      # Users were created
+      expect(User.exists?(username: 'Joshua Stone')).to eq(true)
+      expect(User.exists?(username: 'Helaine (Wiki Ed)')).to eq(true)
+      expect(User.exists?(username: 'CharlieJ385')).to eq(true)
+      expect(User.exists?(username: 'Diqi Yan')).to eq(true)
+
+      # Update logs were correctly created
+      course.flags['update_logs'].each do |key, _value|
+        expect(key).to be_a(Integer)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end