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library.forgemesh.io – English Wit & Humor Periodicals Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io – English Wit & Humor 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 556 public-domain English wit and humor periodicals (including Punch and The Tatler) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: English wit and humor -- Periodicals — 556 public-domain books including Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890, The Tatler, Volume 4, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete. 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 English wit and humor periodicals (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including titles such as Punch, or the London Charivari and The Tatler, along with drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve full text of each work.
Example use cases
Victorian humor research project
“I'm researching Victorian-era British humor publications — can you pull up to 30 titles from the English wit and humor periodicals shelf so I can see what's available in the public domain?”
Browsing classic satire for a reading list
“I want to build a reading list of classic English satire and humor magazines — please show me the top 20 public-domain periodicals like Punch and The Tatler from the humor periodicals library.”
Finding full text of old humor journals
“Can you list the public-domain English humor periodicals available and give me the drill-down routes so I can read the full text of whichever ones look interesting? Give me the top 50.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/english-wit-and-humor-periodicalsWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to browse or enumerate the catalog of public-domain English wit and humor periodicals specifically (Victorian satire, Punch, The Tatler, etc.). It is the right choice when you want a ranked list with navigation routes rather than full-text search or passage retrieval. Prefer sibling full-text search endpoints if you have a specific query or passage in mind.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API likely caps or returns an error
- No results if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 response and no data returned
- Malformed request body returns a validation error
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": "Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890",
"author": "Various",
"book_id": 11919,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 1659
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "English wit and humor -- Periodicals",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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