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library.forgemesh.io — Curated Shelf: AP (Public-Domain Books)
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library.forgemesh.io — Curated Shelf: AP (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 2026-09-15).
Returns a ranked list of up to 2511 public-domain books from the 'AP' curated shelf, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: AP — 2511 public-domain books including The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, February 1904, No. 159., Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852, Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891. 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 the AP shelf (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including titles, publication metadata, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No authentication required.
Example use cases
Browsing Victorian periodicals for research
“Pull me up to 25 books from the AP curated shelf on library.forgemesh.io — I'm looking for early 1900s magazines and journals like The Strand Magazine to use in historical research.”
Discovering free classic youth publications
“Show me the full ranked list from the AP public-domain shelf, up to 50 titles — I'm especially interested in old boys' and girls' publications like Golden Days from the 1890s.”
Finding drill-down routes to full texts
“Give me the top 20 books from the AP shelf on the forgemesh library so I can get the drill-down links and read the full texts of things like Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/apWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain books specifically from the AP shelf (including historical periodicals like The Strand Magazine, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, and Golden Days), and want drill-down access to full texts without any API key. Prefer over full-text search when you want to browse the entire shelf rather than query by keyword.
Side effects
- Requesting limit above 50 may return an error or be capped
- Network or payment (x402) failure returns no results
- Shelf may return fewer than requested if corpus is smaller than limit
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, February 1904, No. 159.",
"author": "Various",
"book_id": 47642,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 40098
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "AP",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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