# ForgeMesh Library — Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology 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 136 public-domain books on drugs, alcohol, and pharmacology, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/drugs-alcohol-pharmacology
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-drugs-alcohol-pharmacology-shelf-7ad970f6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZEQPOYc6eV9tEpn6tpHFy

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemesh-library-drugs-alcohol-pharmacology-shelf-7ad970f6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the public-domain drugs and alcohol pharmacology shelf and show me the top 30 books available?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain books specifically on drugs, alcohol, and pharmacology topics — particularly historical, medical, or temperance literature. Prefer this over a full-text search endpoint when you want to browse the catalog rather than search for specific passages, and when you want drill-down routes to access complete texts.

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds maximum of 50 — API may cap or return an error
- limit set to 0 or negative — may return empty list or error
- network/payment failure via x402 microtransaction — request not processed
- shelf returns fewer than requested books if the catalog has fewer than 'limit' entries

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology — 136 public-domain books including Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say, Select Temperance Tracts. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of public-domain books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50) on drugs, alcohol, and pharmacology topics, including titles and drill-down routes for accessing full text of each book.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater",
    "author": "De Quincey, Thomas",
    "book_id": 2040,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 15006
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-drugs-alcohol-pharmacology-shelf-7ad970f6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)