# ForgemeshLibrary Shelf B — Public Domain Books

> ForgemeshLibrary Shelf B — Public Domain Books 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 350 public-domain books from curated shelf 'B', including philosophy and classic works, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/b
- 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-shelf-b-public-domain-books-9be3898d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_poUG5tod4hDixU-jI_Dku

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-shelf-b-public-domain-books-9be3898d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me a curated list of public domain philosophy books — up to 30 results — including classics like Meditations and Ecce Homo, with links so I can read the full texts.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a browsable, ranked catalog of public-domain books from the 'B' curated shelf — particularly for philosophy and classical works. Prefer this over full-text search endpoints when the goal is discovery and listing rather than querying specific passages. Ideal for building reading lists, course syllabi, or verifying availability of specific classic titles.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure (x402 payment required, insufficient funds or unsupported wallet)
- limit parameter exceeds max of 50 (validation error)
- Service unavailability or timeout returning empty or error response
- No books returned if shelf index is temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

Curated shelf: B — 350 public-domain books including Meditations, Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. 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 books from shelf B (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including book titles and drill-down route URLs for full-text retrieval. Works include philosophy classics such as Meditations, Ecce Homo, and Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers.

## 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": "Meditations",
    "author": "Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome",
    "book_id": 2680,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 60197
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "B",
  "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/forgemeshlibrary-shelf-b-public-domain-books-9be3898d/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)