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Library Forgemesh Science & Nature Shelf
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Library Forgemesh Science & Nature Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns a curated, popularity-ranked list of public-domain science and natural-history books with titles, authors, years, IDs, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf of public-domain science and natural-history works, ranked by historical popularity. Returns title, author, year, book_id, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required. This is a small, niche shelf within the corpus.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain science and natural-history books, each containing the title, author name, publication year, a unique book_id, and route paths for retrieving the full text of that book.
Example use cases
Discovering classic biology texts
“Give me the top 20 public-domain science and natural-history books so I can find classic works like Darwin or Humboldt to read.”
Building a reading list from public domain
“Pull up to 50 popular public-domain science books from the Forgemesh shelf — I want titles, authors, and years so I can put together a reading list.”
Finding book IDs for full-text lookup
“List the most popular public-domain natural-history and science books available, with their book IDs and drill-down routes, so I can fetch the full text of whichever one I pick.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/science-and-natureWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a ranked, curated list of public-domain science or natural-history titles with IDs ready for downstream full-text retrieval — particularly when no API key is available and cost must be minimal. Prefer it over general web search when you want structured bibliographic metadata (title, author, year, book_id) rather than raw search results. Not suitable if you need fiction, poetry, drama, or history texts (use the sibling shelves), or if you need semantic search within a specific book's text.
Side effects
- Requesting a limit above 50 may be capped or return an error
- Empty or malformed POST body may cause a parsing error
- Service may return fewer results than requested if the corpus is smaller than the requested limit
- Network or payment-processing failures may result in non-2xx HTTP errors
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": "2000",
"title": "On the Origin of Species",
"author": "Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882",
"book_id": 2009,
"subjects": [
"Evolution (Biology)",
"Natural selection"
],
"download_count": 4000
}
],
"count": 3,
"shelf": "Science & Nature",
"coverage": {
"target": 1000,
"indexed": 865
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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