# ForgeMesh Library — French Fiction (Translations into English) Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — French Fiction (Translations into English) 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 254 public-domain French fiction books translated into English, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/french-fiction-translations-into-english
- 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-french-fiction-translations-into-english-shelf-05491901
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Pxv6Wtu6YKUZDautplPze

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-french-fiction-translations-into-english-shelf-05491901 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full curated list of public-domain French fiction books translated into English — give me up to 50 titles with links so I can explore them?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, browsable list of public-domain French fiction works translated into English — especially when you want ranked results with full-text drill-down routes rather than keyword search results. Prefer this over the full-text search endpoint when the goal is exploration or catalog-building rather than answering a specific question about a known book.

## Known failure modes

- Requesting a limit over 50 may return an error or be capped at 50
- If the service is unavailable or payment fails via x402, no results are returned
- Empty or malformed request body may fall back to default limit of 20

## How this service works

Curated shelf: French fiction -- Translations into English — 254 public-domain books including Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters, Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2), The Red Lily — Complete. 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 French fiction books translated into English (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), each entry including the book title and a drill-down route that can be used to retrieve the full text of that 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": "Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters",
    "author": "Rousseau, Jean-Jacques",
    "book_id": 76639,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 38454
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "French fiction -- Translations into English",
  "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-french-fiction-translations-into-english-shelf-05491901/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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