x402 census · library.forgemesh.io · 5b5ec12bbbc4 · JSON
POST /book-metadata
live
Look up full metadata for one indexed book by book_id: title, author, year, subjects, bookshelves, download rank, chunk count, and detected chapter range. Use book_id from /book-search or a category shelf. No license, no API key required.
Verdict: live. The unpaid GET reached a valid 402 (confirmed by the re-probe of 2026-10-01).
Facts from the catalogs
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| URL | https://library.forgemesh.io/book-metadata |
| Method | POST |
| Price | $0.002 USDC = 2000 atomic units of 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 |
| Network | eip155:8453 (base) |
| payTo | 0x85df5380DEbe236AD6BF49dE788243924B080267 |
| Seller | library.forgemesh.io |
| Catalogs | cdp (row updated 2026-09-17) |
| Listed since (lower bound) | 2026-09-17 (earliest catalog timestamp; catalogs report last-update times only) |
| Last catalog update | 2026-09-17 |
| CDP quality counters | 1 calls and 1 unique payers in 30 days, last call 2026-09-17 (catalog-reported, not verified on chain) |
| Category (keyword rule) | other/unknown |
| Templated path | no |
| x402Version in catalog | 2 |
| Service name / tags | none |
Unpaid probe (census of )
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Probe | not probed in this build |
Latest re-probe
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Re-probed at | 2026-10-01T21:13:42.000Z (cron) |
| Verdict now | live changed from unprobed |
| HEAD / GET | 402 / 402 |
| accepts[0] | {"scheme":"exact","network":"base","amount":"2000","payTo":"0x85df5380DEbe236AD6BF49dE788243924B080267","asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","maxTimeoutSeconds":300,"extra":{"name":"USD Coin","version":"2"}} |
| Live amount equals catalog price | yes |
| Latency | 2,587 ms |
| Error | none |
On-chain facts for the payTo (public address)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct payers | 5 |
| Payments | 18 |
| USDC volume | $0.07 |
| Median payment | $0.003 |
| First / last payment | 2026-08-26 / 2026-09-25 |
| Sampler-shaped share of payments | 100.0% |
| Payers that are not samplers | 0 |
| Source | forensics-2026-09-30 |
| Address | 0x85df5380DEbe236AD6BF49dE788243924B080267 |
Declared input and output (extensions.bazaar)
{
"input": {
"body": {
"book_id": 1342
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"type": "json",
"example": {
"author": "Austen, Jane, 1775-1817",
"book_id": 1342,
"bookshelves": [
"Category: Novels",
"Best Books Ever Listings"
],
"chapter_detection": "heading",
"chapter_range": [
0,
61
],
"chapters_available": 62,
"chunk_count": 973,
"download_count": 59636,
"subjects": [
"Courtship -- Fiction",
"England -- Fiction"
],
"title": "Pride and Prejudice",
"year": "1998"
}
}
}
Try it (unpaid: shows the 402)
curl -si -X POST 'https://library.forgemesh.io/book-metadata' -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'content-type: application/json' --data '{}'
The catalog declares POST. A 402 answer carries the payment requirements in the JSON body and, for x402 v2, base64 in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header. This page never sends a payment.
Paid checks (x402, USDC on Base)
GET https://bazaar.agentexchange.work/r/5b5ec12bbbc4/probe.json re-runs this probe right now for $0.01 and writes the result here. POST https://bazaar.agentexchange.work/featured with {"id":"5b5ec12bbbc4"} places this resource at the top of the report and search pages for 30 days for $1.00, labelled. Unpaid requests answer 402 with the terms. Pricing.
Catalog references: agentic.market (CDP Bazaar front end) · this record as JSON · all resources on library.forgemesh.io.