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ForgeMesh Library Book Search
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ForgeMesh Library Book Search is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Search a public-domain book corpus by title or author substring, returning ranked matches with book IDs for further exploration
Price / call$0.005
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Search the indexed public-domain book corpus by title or author substring. Returns matching books ranked by historical popularity with book_id for drill-down into metadata, chapters, quotes, or full-text search. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of matching public-domain books (up to the requested limit), each with a book_id, title, and author information, sorted by historical popularity. The book_id can be used with sibling endpoints for chapter access, quote retrieval, or full-text search.
Example use cases
Finding a classic novel by title
“Can you search the public-domain library for 'Frankenstein' and give me the book ID so I can look up its chapters?”
Discovering all works by an author
“Look up all available books by Charles Dickens in the public-domain corpus and show me up to 20 results ranked by popularity.”
Researching available public-domain texts for a school project
“Search for books by 'Mark Twain' in the free public-domain library and list up to 10 matches with their IDs so I can explore quotes and full text.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/book-searchWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to discover books by title or author name across the entire public-domain corpus, especially when you don't know the exact book_id yet. It is the natural entry point before drilling into metadata, chapters, quotes, or full-text search on sibling endpoints. Prefer this over genre-specific shelf endpoints when the user's query spans multiple genres or when searching by author name across categories.
Side effects
- No matching books found for the query substring — returns empty results list
- Query string too vague or too short — may return irrelevant or overly broad results
- Limit exceeds maximum of 50 — may be clamped or return an error
- Payment of 0.005 USDC not fulfilled — x402 payment required error
- Network or service unavailability — connection timeout or 5xx error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max results (default 10, max 50) |
| query | string | Title or author substring, e.g. "Dickens" or "Frankenstein" |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": "2004",
"title": "A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas",
"author": "Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870",
"book_id": 46,
"subjects": [
"Ghost stories"
],
"download_count": 70650
}
],
"count": 2,
"query": "Dickens",
"coverage": {
"target": 1000,
"indexed": 865
}
}
}Tags
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