# ForgeMesh Library – Movie Books Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Movie Books Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain books tagged as movie-adapted or cinematically significant, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/movie-books
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-movie-books-shelf-2366175e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hwV8EW_s_kMMpnXbuzIDM

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-movie-books-shelf-2366175e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me the top 10 public-domain books from the ForgeMesh movie books shelf — I want to see which classic novels with film adaptations I can read for free.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain books specifically associated with film adaptations or cinematic relevance. Prefer it over generic book search APIs when you want no licensing friction, no API key, and a ready-made shelf of movie-linked classic literature with drill-down full-text access.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid limit value (e.g. over 50 or negative integer) may return an error or be clamped to defaults
- Network or payment failure via x402 protocol may prevent access
- Empty or unexpected response if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Limit of 0 may return an empty list

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Movie Books — 32 public-domain books including Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, The Scarlet Letter, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain books in the movie books category (e.g. Frankenstein, The Scarlet Letter, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), each with metadata and drill-down routes that can be followed to retrieve the 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": "Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus",
    "author": "Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851",
    "book_id": 84,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 56171
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Movie Books",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 860,
   "indexed": 860
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-movie-books-shelf-2366175e/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)