# ForgemeshLibrary-Literature-Modern-19thCenturyPeriodicals

> ForgemeshLibrary-Literature-Modern-19thCenturyPeriodicals 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 189 public-domain 19th-century literary periodicals with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/literature-modern-19th-century-periodicals
- 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/forgemeshlibrary-literature-modern-19thcenturyperiodicals-67cfa76a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_SeWuQFiT5JyvVkUbkg6EX

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 forgemeshlibrary-literature-modern-19thcenturyperiodicals-67cfa76a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me up to 30 public-domain 19th-century literary periodicals from the ForgemeshLibrary curated shelf, including things like The Yellow Book and the International Monthly Magazine.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to browse or enumerate the curated collection of 19th-century literary periodicals specifically, rather than searching across the full corpus. Ideal for discovery workflows where you want a ranked list of periodical titles with links to full text, rather than searching for a specific passage or book.

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds 50 returns validation error
- no results if shelf is temporarily unavailable
- payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- malformed request body returns HTTP 400

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals — 189 public-domain books including The yellow book, an illustrated quarterly. Vol. 3, October, 1894, The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852, The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851. 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 189 public-domain 19th-century literary periodicals (defaulting to 20, max 50 per call), each with metadata and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of individual works.

## 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": "The yellow book, an illustrated quarterly. Vol. 3, October, 1894",
    "author": "Unknown",
    "book_id": 78082,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 11870
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

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