Area (Timeline/Graph etc) zoom and pan factor in API

I could use a direct way of accesing the current editors zoom factor and pan position for an addon I develop right now.

I wasn't able to find a solution yet.

What if this would be part of the blender api? Great? Beyong great!

Since bpy.context.area.width and bpy.context.area.height are available it could be like:

bpy.context.area.zoom

bpy.context.area.pan