# Free Japanese Books Directory

> Free Japanese Books Directory 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 list of free public-domain and openly-licensed Japanese-language books from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, with download links, sorted by popularity, with optional keyword search.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/language/ja
- 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-japanese-books-directory-d722f3ad
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9Z_tzrxjg-3FNGp4bUfjA

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-japanese-books-directory-d722f3ad
```

Example prompt: Can you find me free downloadable Japanese books — ideally some classic literature or fiction — sorted by most popular, and give me the epub or txt download links?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a curated, daily-verified list of free and legally downloadable Japanese-language books from trusted public-domain sources (Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive). Prefer this over generic web search when you need structured data with direct download links and popularity rankings rather than unstructured search results.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned for very narrow or misspelled search terms
- Pagination beyond available results returns empty list
- Occasional broken or expired download links if re-verification has not yet caught a removed source
- Rate limiting or payment failure if x402 payment is not correctly handled

## How this service works

Free books in Japanese: public-domain and free-licensed Japanese-language works from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive with download links (epub, txt, html, scans), most popular first; add words to search within Japanese titles, authors and subjects. Re-verified daily. $0.01 per page of 20.

## Output

A paginated list (20 items per page) of free Japanese-language books, each entry including title, author(s), subjects, and download links in available formats (epub, txt, html, scanned images). Results are sorted by popularity and re-verified daily from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive sources.

## 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

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