I tried the workaround already :-). When an article has 10000+ edits & as the api limits to 500 results per query it takes a long time just to get the count. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <bjorsch(a)wikimedia.org > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:45 AM, jeph <jephpaul(a)gmail.com> > I'm building an edit visualisation tool , demo. I'm trying to get the > total > > number of edits to show the user & for a few other things. I haven't been > > able to retrieve it from the API, though I can see it in the info page > of an > > article eg, > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JSON&action=info#mw-pageinfo… > > Any pointers to a solution will be really helpful :-) > > There isn't any way to get that in the API right now. A very helpful > solution would be to submit a patch to add it ;) You can look at > includes/actions/InfoAction.php for the implementation of action=info, > and includes/api/ApiQueryInfo.php would probably be the right place to > put it in the API. > > As a workaround for number of edits, you could simply use > prop=revisions&rvprop=&rvlimit=max and count the number of revisions > you get back. > > > -- > Brad Jorsch (Anomie) > Software Engineer > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >