# free-books-criminals

> free-books-criminals is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a paginated catalogue of free public-domain books tagged with the Library of Congress subject 'Criminals', ranked by relevance and popularity, with download links in epub/txt/html formats.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/subject/criminals
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-books-criminals-dd85a058
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HiGx9ORHBMlIaa5t8cKgK

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 free-books-criminals-dd85a058
```

Example prompt: Can you find me a list of free public-domain books about criminals — ideally classic ones — with download links in epub or txt format?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked, and daily-verified list of free downloadable public-domain books specifically tagged under the Library of Congress 'Criminals' subject heading, with direct epub/txt/html links. Prefer it over generic web search when you want structured bibliographic data with reliable download links rather than raw search results.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if keyword filters are too restrictive or misspelled
- Pagination beyond available results returns an empty set
- Downstream Project Gutenberg or Internet Archive source unavailability may cause stale or missing links
- Invalid query parameters may produce an error response

## How this service works

Free public-domain books on "Criminals": browse the catalogue's works tagged with that Library of Congress subject (202 in Project Gutenberg alone, plus Internet Archive scans), ranked by relevance and popularity, with direct epub/txt/html download links. Add words to narrow by title or author. Re-verified daily. $0.01 per page of 20.

## Output

A ranked, paginated list (20 results per page) of public-domain books tagged with the Library of Congress subject 'Criminals', sourced from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive. Each result includes the book title, author, relevance and popularity ranking, and direct download links in epub, txt, and/or html formats. Results are re-verified daily.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-books-criminals-dd85a058/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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