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library.forgemesh.io QL Shelf — Zoology & Natural History Books
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library.forgemesh.io QL Shelf — Zoology & Natural History Books is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 664 public-domain books from the QL (Zoology/Natural History) Library of Congress classification, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: QL — 664 public-domain books including Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2), Anecdotes of Dogs, Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals. 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 QL (zoology/natural history) Library of Congress shelf, including titles, authors, and drill-down routes that can be followed to retrieve full text. Up to 50 books returned per call (default 20).
Example use cases
Researching classic naturalist literature
“I'm putting together a reading list on 19th-century naturalists — can you pull up to 50 public-domain books from the zoology and natural history shelf so I can see what's available?”
Finding animal behavior texts for a project
“I need classic public-domain books about animal habits and instincts — can you browse the natural history library shelf and give me a list of 20 titles I can dig into?”
Discovering Audubon and bird literature
“Can you find me public-domain books related to Audubon and ornithology from the zoology library shelf? Just give me the top 10 so I can pick which ones to read.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/qlWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain zoology and natural history books (QL Library of Congress classification) without any API key or licensing overhead. It is the right choice for browsing or seeding a reading list in the natural history domain, as opposed to full-text search or drilling into a specific book's content.
Side effects
- limit parameter exceeds 50 — server may cap or return an error
- payment not processed (x402 protocol failure) — no results returned
- network timeout for large result sets
- empty or malformed request body — falls back to default limit of 20
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": "Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)",
"author": "Herrick, Francis Hobart",
"book_id": 58984,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 21164
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "QL",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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