# library.forgemesh.io Travel Writing Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Travel Writing Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain travel writing books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/travel-writing
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-travel-writing-shelf-7742b60a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gjPFBlgN6TGOD-xsIooLY

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-travel-writing-shelf-7742b60a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me a ranked list of public-domain travel writing books from the forgemesh library — return up to 30 titles with their drill-down links so I can pull the full text.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked catalog of public-domain travel writing books specifically, and want fast access to titles and drill-down routes without requiring any authentication or license. Prefer it over generic book search APIs when you want only public-domain travel literature with guaranteed free-to-use texts.

## Known failure modes

- limit out of range (>50) returns an error or is clamped
- network or payment failure returns no results
- endpoint unavailable returns 5xx error
- payment of 0.003 USDC not processed returns 402

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Travel Writing — 3045 public-domain books including The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Life on the Mississippi, The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1. 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 travel writing books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), each entry including the book title, author, historical popularity rank, and a drill-down route URL for full-text retrieval via subsequent calls.

## 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": "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker",
    "author": "Smollett, T. (Tobias)",
    "book_id": 2160,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 42470
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Travel Writing",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-travel-writing-shelf-7742b60a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)