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library.forgemesh.io — HV Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io — HV 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 50 public-domain books from the HV subject category (social pathology, criminology, penology) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: HV — 383 public-domain books including Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude, Celebrated Crimes (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 books from the HV (social pathology, criminology, penology) category, including titles, authors, and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve full text. Up to 50 books returned per call (default 20).
Example use cases
Researching classic criminology texts
“I'm studying historical perspectives on crime and punishment — can you pull up to 50 public-domain books from the criminology and social pathology shelf, including anything like Celebrated Crimes or prison memoirs?”
Building a reading list on penology
“I want a reading list of classic public-domain books on prisons, criminal justice, and penology — grab me 20 titles from that HV category library shelf.”
Discovering obscure crime literature
“Can you browse the HV public-domain shelf and show me 10 books? I'm looking for lesser-known texts about crime, social deviance, or life in prison from the 19th or early 20th century.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/hvWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain books specifically in the HV Library of Congress subject area (social pathology, criminology, penology, prisons). Prefer it over full-text search when you want to browse or enumerate available titles rather than query for specific passages, and when you need drill-down routes to access full texts of classic crime and prison literature.
Side effects
- Limit exceeds 50 — request capped or rejected
- Payment not included or insufficient — x402 payment required error
- No books match internal filter — empty list returned
- Service temporarily unavailable — 5xx 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": "Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude",
"author": "Bidwell, Austin",
"book_id": 24739,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 60600
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "HV",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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