On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Bináris <wikiposta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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.
Unless you need to reproduce MediaWiki's exact method of computing diffs
(which is actually configuration-dependent), there is no point in relying
on the API. Just fetch the two revisions and calculate the distance
yourself. The article about edit distance [0] might help you refine the
question.
If you are looking for a pywikibot-based solution, editdistance [1] seems
like the right library for the job.
[0]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_distance
[1]
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/editdistance