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The American Missionary Public-Domain Shelf
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The American Missionary Public-Domain 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, browsable list of up to 140 public-domain volumes from The American Missionary periodical series, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: The American Missionary — 140 public-domain books including The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 03, March, 1888, The American Missionary — Volume 34, No. 7, July, 1880, The American Missionary — Volume 49, No. 03, March, 1895. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 140 public-domain volumes from The American Missionary periodical, including titles with volume numbers, issue numbers, and dates, plus drill-down routes to retrieve full text for each volume. Default returns 20 entries; configurable up to 50 per call.
Example use cases
Researching 19th century missionary work
“I'm writing a paper on American missionary activity in the 1880s — can you pull me a list of up to 40 available volumes of The American Missionary periodical so I can see which issues to dig into?”
Browsing historical religious periodicals
“I'd like to explore some historical religious publications — can you show me up to 20 issues from The American Missionary series so I can browse what's available?”
Finding a specific era of missionary publications
“Can you list the available issues of The American Missionary for me — up to 50 — so I can find the volumes from the mid-1890s I need for my research?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/the-american-missionaryWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you specifically need to browse or list volumes from The American Missionary periodical series and want a ranked, navigable catalog with drill-down access to full text. Prefer it over general full-text search when you want a comprehensive shelf overview rather than passage-level results, and over generic library endpoints when the user is specifically interested in this historical missionary periodical.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds maximum of 50 — returns an error or clamped result
- Payment of $0.003 USDC not provided or rejected — returns 402 Payment Required
- Server unavailable — returns 5xx error
- No books match internal query — returns empty list
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": "The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 03, March, 1888",
"author": "Various",
"book_id": 11764,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 806
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "The American Missionary",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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