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works-by-author
x402
works-by-author is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns all free public-domain books, audiobooks, and films for a given author name, sourced from Gutenberg, LibriVox, and Internet Archive, grouped by media type with download links.
Price / call$0.01
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Everything free by an author: all catalogued public-domain books, audiobooks and films for an author name across Gutenberg, LibriVox and Internet Archive, grouped by kind with download links. Handles 'Jane Austen' or 'Austen, Jane'. $0.01 per author.
Output
A structured response listing all catalogued free works for the requested author, organized by media type (books, audiobooks, films), each with title and download link(s), sourced from Project Gutenberg, LibriVox, and Internet Archive.
Example use cases
Classic literature reading list builder
“Pull together all the free downloadable works by Charles Dickens — books, audiobooks, whatever's available — so I can put together a reading and listening list for free.”
Research on a public domain author
“I'm researching H.G. Wells for a project — can you find every free public-domain work of his that's available to download, grouped by whether it's a book, audiobook, or film?”
Offline library for a trip
“I want to load up my device with free content before I travel — find me all the public-domain books and audiobooks available for Mark Twain so I can download them.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://intel.rallylive.ca/library/authorWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a unified, cross-platform listing of all free public-domain works by a specific author in one call, rather than querying Gutenberg, LibriVox, and Internet Archive separately. Ideal for building reading lists, research tools, or offline content libraries where the author is known and you want all media types at once.
Side effects
- Author not found in any catalogued source — returns empty or no results
- Ambiguous author name matches multiple people — may return mixed results
- Author name format issues if neither 'Firstname Lastname' nor 'Lastname, Firstname' format is recognized
- Network or upstream source (Gutenberg/LibriVox/Archive) unavailable — partial or failed response
- Payment not processed — 402 response blocking access
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Tags
x402
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