# library.forgemesh.io – English Wit & Humor Periodicals Shelf

> 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.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/english-wit-and-humor-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-english-wit-humor-periodicals-shelf-52129bca
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_U_yqXlnAKqq_DzPqOlhcX

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-english-wit-humor-periodicals-shelf-52129bca -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me the top 10 classic English wit and humor periodicals from the public domain library — I want the ranked list with links to read the full texts.

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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.

## 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": "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"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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