# ForgeMesh Library — World War I Fiction Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — World War I Fiction 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 175 public-domain fiction books themed around World War I (1914–1918), with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/world-war-1914-1918-fiction
- 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-world-war-i-fiction-shelf-9bbf4cf6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HxVlgP6vQGuXPqFngw-3t

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-world-war-i-fiction-shelf-9bbf4cf6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the curated list of public-domain World War I fiction books from ForgeMesh Library — give me the top 30 results so I can browse titles like A Farewell to Arms and The Girl Philippa?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a pre-curated, ranked browsable list of public-domain WWI fiction titles without needing a search query — ideal for exploration, building reading lists, or curriculum design. Prefer the full-text search endpoint when you want passage-level search across the corpus, or a specific book's Q&A endpoint when querying a single known title.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — server may return an error or cap at 50
- Limit set to 0 or negative — may return empty list or validation error
- Payment of $0.003 USDC not fulfilled — 402 Payment Required response
- Network timeout or server unavailability — no results returned

## How this service works

Curated shelf: World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction — 175 public-domain books including That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, A farewell to arms, The Girl Philippa. 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 fiction books categorized under World War 1914–1918, including titles like 'That Which Hath Wings', 'A Farewell to Arms', and 'The Girl Philippa', along with drill-down routes that allow full-text retrieval of each book. Up to 50 books can be returned per call (default 20).

## 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": "That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day",
    "author": "Dehan, Richard",
    "book_id": 51428,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 45295
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction",
  "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-world-war-i-fiction-shelf-9bbf4cf6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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