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ForgeMesh Library – Economics & Politics Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library – Economics & Politics 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 public-domain economics and political-theory books with title, author, year, book_id, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf of public-domain economics, politics, and political-theory texts, ranked by historical popularity. Returns title, author, year, book_id, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain economics and politics books, each with title, author, publication year, a unique book_id, and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of each work.
Example use cases
Curating a classical economics reading list
“Pull the top 20 public-domain economics and political theory books ranked by historical popularity so I can build a reading list for my undergraduate course.”
Finding book IDs for full-text retrieval
“I need the book IDs for the most prominent public-domain politics texts — give me up to 50 so I can look up their full content afterward.”
Researching foundational political thought
“What are the most historically significant public-domain political theory and economics works available? Show me as many as you can, up to 50, with author and year.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/economics-and-politicsWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a curated, popularity-ranked index of public-domain economics and political-theory texts — especially when you want book IDs to pass to full-text retrieval routes. Prefer it over a full-corpus search when you want a broad browse rather than a keyword match, and when the subject matter is specifically economics or politics rather than philosophy, history, or fiction (which have their own sibling shelves).
Side effects
- Requesting a limit above 50 may return an error or be capped at 50
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Empty result set if the shelf has no indexed books matching the category
- Network timeout or 5xx if the service is temporarily unavailable
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": "1998",
"title": "The Prince",
"author": "Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527",
"book_id": 1232,
"subjects": [
"Political science -- Early works to 1800"
],
"download_count": 6000
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Economics & Politics",
"coverage": {
"target": 1000,
"indexed": 865
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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