# free-texts-1860s

> free-texts-1860s is a paid API for AI agents from library.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Returns a paginated list of free, scanned public-domain texts from the 1860s (Internet Archive Americana books, pamphlets, and periodicals), sorted by most downloaded, with rights status and links.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://library.intel.rallylive.ca/library/texts/1860s?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-texts-1860s-a41671e4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FV3fBArz_JMCuMGrcPvFE

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-texts-1860s-a41671e4
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up a list of the most-downloaded free public-domain books and pamphlets from the 1860s on the Internet Archive — I'm looking for Americana from that decade with links I can actually read?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, paginated browse of high-quality public-domain scanned texts specifically from the 1860s decade, with rights metadata and direct Internet Archive links already attached. It is better than a raw Internet Archive search when you want pre-filtered, most-popular-first results without constructing complex archive queries yourself.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or rejected — endpoint requires $0.01 USDC via x402 protocol
- No results for highly specific sub-filters if unsupported query params are passed
- Network timeout if the upstream Internet Archive catalogue is slow
- Empty result set if the requested page number exceeds available records

## How this service works

Free scanned texts from the 1860s: Internet Archive documents, pamphlets, periodicals and books dated 1860-1869 (Americana and library collections), most downloaded first, with rights status and links. $0.01 per page of 20.

## Output

A page of up to 20 records from the Internet Archive's 1860s Americana collection, each containing the document title, type (book, pamphlet, or periodical), author, rights/license status, download count, and a direct link to the scanned text — sorted by most downloaded first.

## 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"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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