Github sort PRs by largest number of files changed - github

Question

In Github, is it possible to sort Pull Requests by largest (or smallest) number of files changed?
I'm trying to get some stats on the large / small PRs. Thanks.

Answer 1

Using GraphQL you can efficiently ask for a repository's list of Pull Requests, how many files they changed, and any other fields you're interested in. Then you can sort that array by changedFiles.
query {
repository(owner:"octocat", name:"linguist") {
pullRequests(first: 100) {
nodes {
number
changedFiles
}
}
}
}
This results in...
{
"data": {
"repository": {
"pullRequests": {
"nodes": [
{
"number": 1,
"changedFiles": 1
},
{
"number": 2,
"changedFiles": 2028
},
{
"number": 3,
"changedFiles": 2
},
{
"number": 4,
"changedFiles": 1
},
{
"number": 5,
"changedFiles": 267
},
{
"number": 9,
"changedFiles": 2
},
{
"number": 11,
"changedFiles": 886
},
{
"number": 12,
"changedFiles": 2
},
{
"number": 13,
"changedFiles": 1
},
{
"number": 14,
"changedFiles": 1483
},
{
"number": 17,
"changedFiles": 1
},
{
"number": 22,
"changedFiles": 2
},
{
"number": 23,
"changedFiles": 1
},
{
"number": 24,
"changedFiles": 2
}
]
}
}
}
}