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ForgeMesh Library — Politics Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library — 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 2026-09-14).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain political books (e.g. Leviathan, The Souls of Black Folk) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Politics — 1228 public-domain books including Anarchism and Other Essays, Washington Confidential, The Prince. 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 political books, each with title, author, and drill-down routes that can be used to fetch the full text of individual books.
Example use cases
Political philosophy reading list
“I'm putting together a reading list on classical political philosophy — can you fetch the top 20 public-domain politics books from ForgeMesh Library so I can see what's available?”
Researching colonial-era political texts
“I need to find public-domain political writings from the colonial and early modern era. Can you get me up to 50 books from the ForgeMesh politics shelf so I can see which ones cover that period?”
Classroom syllabus building
“I'm building a syllabus for a political theory course and want to use free public-domain texts only. Can you list the top 25 politics books from ForgeMesh Library?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/politicsWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked browse of public-domain political books without requiring authentication or licensing. Ideal for building reading lists, syllabi, or discovery flows where the user wants to explore classic political texts. Prefer over a general web search when you want structured metadata and drill-down routes to full text rather than unstructured web results.
Side effects
- limit exceeds 50 — server may cap or return an error
- limit is 0 or negative — may return empty list or validation error
- network/payment failure — x402 payment of $0.003 USDC must succeed before data is returned
- service unavailable — library index temporarily offline
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": null,
"title": "Anarchism and Other Essays",
"author": "Goldman, Emma",
"book_id": 2162,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 31039
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Politics",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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