# ForgeMesh Library – European History Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – European History 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 curated public-domain European history books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/history-european
- 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-european-history-shelf-6fb70a21
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YoDu07Q2K9jPbwKyIW_BM

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-european-history-shelf-6fb70a21 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 10 public-domain European history books from the ForgeMesh library shelf — I want to browse what's available and find something about wartime or secret societies?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain European history texts without any licensing or authentication overhead. Prefer it over general web search when you specifically want full-text retrievable books in the European history genre, especially covering topics like wartime Europe, piracy, or secret societies.

## Known failure modes

- Limit exceeds maximum of 50 — response may cap results or return an error
- Limit parameter is non-integer or negative — validation error returned
- Service temporarily unavailable — HTTP 5xx error
- x402 payment failure — request rejected if USDC payment not processed

## How this service works

Curated shelf: History - European — 2567 public-domain books including Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources. 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 European history books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), each with title metadata and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval of the book content.

## 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": "Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources",
    "author": "Napoleon I, Emperor of the French",
    "book_id": 37499,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 40942
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "History - European",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

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