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ForgeMesh Library – Biographies Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library – Biographies Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 curated public-domain biography books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Biographies — 5163 public-domain books including The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay, Modern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-Q, My Life — Volume 1. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain biography books (defaulting to 20), each entry including the book title, author, ranking position, and a drill-down route URL that can be used to retrieve the full text of that specific book.
Example use cases
Researching historical autobiography texts
“I'm studying African American history — can you fetch the full list of public-domain biographies available so I can find and read the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?”
Building a free reading list app
“Give me up to 50 curated public-domain biographies with their titles and access routes so I can populate a reading list for my app.”
Exploring classic philosophical memoirs
“I want to find Marcus Aurelius's Meditations and other famous philosophical life writings — can you list all the public-domain biographies available on the shelf?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/biographiesWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain biography titles with access routes for full-text retrieval, without needing an API key or license. Prefer this over generic web search when you want structured, reliable bibliography data from a consistent corpus. It is especially well-suited for agents building reading apps, research tools, or educational content around historical memoirs and life narratives.
Side effects
- Requesting limit greater than 50 may be capped or return an error
- Network or payment failure (x402 micropayment of $0.003 USDC required per call)
- Empty or partial results if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Invalid limit type (non-integer) may cause a validation error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay",
"author": "Wollstonecraft, Mary",
"book_id": 34413,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 77483
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Biographies",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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