ExamMintBot Transparency & Verification
Verification specifications, crawling parameters, and webmaster archive for the former ExamMint notification indexer.
What is ExamMintBot?
ExamMintBot was an automated, non-intrusive web crawler operated by ExamMint. Its mission was discovering, parsing, and indexing official government examination schedules and job recruitment notifications from Indian public commissions (UPSC, SSC, RRB, IBPS, and State PSCs).
The crawler infrastructure was permanently retired on February 26, 2026 as ExamMint transitioned to exclusively client-side, zero-server computational utilities. This documentation is permanently preserved for origin server log verification, webmaster transparency, and audit records.
If you are auditing historical origin server access logs from early 2026 or late 2025, requests from ExamMintBot followed the polite rate limits, identity headers, and robots.txt specifications documented below.
Primary User-Agent
Every HTTP request issued by our indexer transmits this exact User-Agent string so system administrators can immediately identify and trace our fetcher.
ExamMintBot strictly respects robots.txt exclusion rules and crawl-delays. We never bypass authentication, inspect private accounts, or submit forms.
Built for Politeness & Efficiency
ExamMintBot is engineered with transparency, efficiency, and resource politeness in mind.
Core Engine
Written in lightweight, compiled Go (Golang) for minimal CPU, memory footprint, and network resource usage.
Resilient Fetching
Uses polite HTTP connection pooling with exponential backoff, jittered request spacing, and strict per-request timeouts.
AI Extraction
Employs Google Gemini Flash with strict schema validation to turn unstructured public PDF circulars into standardized student alerts.
Zero Heavy Scraping
No aggressive scraping or continuous polling; operates on scheduled, low-frequency intervals (once per day).
Key Specifications
Official operational metadata for server log verification.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Bot Name | ExamMintBot |
| Operator | ExamMint (https://exammint.in) |
| Primary User-Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ExamMintBot/1.0; +https://exammint.in/bot) |
| Purpose | Indexing public government exam notifications, dates, and PDFs |
| Crawling Schedule | Low-frequency daily batch crawls (typically once every 24 hours) |
| Crawler Status | Retired (Feb 26, 2026) |
| Contact Email | [email protected] |
Crawling Behavior & Webmaster Ethics
Our crawler operates transparently and strictly enforces respectful crawling protocols.
Respect for robots.txt
ExamMintBot strictly obeys all standard robots.txt exclusion rules, crawl-delays, and directives.
Low Server Footprint
Requests are throttled and rate-limited with courteous inter-request pauses so they do not burden origin servers.
Public Pages Only
The bot only inspects public notice tables and PDF notices. It never attempts to access protected content.
Privacy-First
ExamMintBot does not crawl, harvest, or store personal or user-identifiable data.
How to Control or Block ExamMintBot
If you prefer that ExamMintBot does not crawl your site, you can place standard directives in your robots.txt file:
To block all access:
Instructs ExamMintBot to avoid crawling any page on your domain.
User-agent: ExamMintBot Disallow: /
To block specific sections:
Disallows crawling within specified archive or internal paths.
User-agent: ExamMintBot Disallow: /archive/ Disallow: /internal/
To set a crawl delay:
Configures a minimum delay (in seconds) between requests.
User-agent: ExamMintBot Crawl-delay: 10
Contact & Webmaster Inquiries
If you notice unusual activity, want to report an issue, or have questions regarding our automated fetcher, please contact us.
Webmaster Support
We are committed to operating as polite web citizens. If our crawler is causing unexpected traffic or issues on your server, contact our engineering team and we will adjust or exclude your domain immediately.
NoticeBoard & Crawler Sunset
Outbound notification broadcasts and crawler feeds were discontinued when the Noticeboard component was retired on February 26, 2026.