# library.forgemesh.io American Periodicals Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io American Periodicals Shelf 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 148 public-domain American periodical books (including Atlantic Monthly volumes) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/american-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/library-forgemesh-io-american-periodicals-shelf-07f729e0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_H_aSeTTMV318TGLq7khRZ

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 library-forgemesh-io-american-periodicals-shelf-07f729e0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me the full catalog of public-domain American periodicals available on library.forgemesh.io — give me up to 50 titles with their drill-down links.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need to browse or catalog public-domain American periodicals (especially Atlantic Monthly volumes and similar 19th-century magazines). Prefer this over the full-text search endpoint when you want a structured catalog list rather than passage retrieval, and over other library.forgemesh.io shelves when the user's interest is specifically American periodical literature rather than fiction, classics, or other genres.

## Known failure modes

- limit parameter exceeds 50 — API may reject or cap at 50
- Payment of $0.003 USDC not processed — request fails with 402
- No results returned if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Drill-down routes returned may point to additional paid endpoints

## How this service works

Curated shelf: American periodicals — 148 public-domain books including The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. 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 148 public-domain American periodical books (default 20, max 50 per call), including titles such as Atlantic Monthly volumes, along with drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve full text for each title.

## 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 Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics",
    "author": "Various",
    "book_id": 28630,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 7022
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "American periodicals",
  "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/library-forgemesh-io-american-periodicals-shelf-07f729e0/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)