DataTables has the ability to read data from virtually any JSON data source that can be obtained by
Ajax. This can be done, in its most simple form, by setting the ajaxDT
option to the address of the JSON
data source.
The ajaxDT
option also allows for more advanced
configuration such as altering how the Ajax request is made. See the ajaxDT
documentation or the other Ajax
examples for DataTables for further information.
By default DataTables will assume that an array data source is to be used and will read the
information to be displayed in each column from the row's array using the column index, making working
with arrays very simple (note that this can be changed, or objects used may using the columns.dataDT
option, shown in other
examples).
The example below shows DataTables loading data for a table from arrays as the data source, where the structure of the row's data source in this example is:
12345678[
"Tiger Nixon",
"System Architect",
"Edinburgh",
"5421",
"2011/04/25",
"$3,120"
]
Name | Position | Office | Extn. | Start date | Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Position | Office | Extn. | Start date | Salary |
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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
1 2 3 4 5 | $(document).ready(function() { $('#example').dataTable( { "ajax": "data/arrays.txt" } ); } ); |
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example: