Hi,
Short answer: The API does not seem to directly provide such info, but you could use action=compare, then search for class="diff-lineno" and divide by 2 (it appears once on each side of the diff).
Do note that the question you ask is not very well defined. The method above will give you the number of chunks the diff engine displays, which can be different from what you consider as a modification. For instance https://ro.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=compare&fromrev=9648318&to... shows 1 chunk, but there is a modified line and an added line (the category), which you might consider as 2 different modifications. You need to clearly set the expectations before searching for a solution.
Strainu
2016-08-03 0:23 GMT+03:00 Bináris wikiposta@gmail.com:
Hi folks,
given a difflink between two states of a page, is there a way to tell by bot, how many modifications there are? I.e. in how many fragments those two differ? I know, this is not an exact question, but the software itself interprets it somehow as it tries to emphasize differences with colors.
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