Setting the column specific search parameters manually, when doing server-side processing

iliasr

Greetings,

I am trying to specify the search parameters of an AJAX request before sending it to the server, but cannot set them successfully. I am using the following code:

$('#myTable').dataTable({
    //...
    columns: [
        //...
        {
            name: "ID",
            searchable: true,
            search: {
                value: "some search term",
                regex: true,
            },
        },
    ],
    //...
    serverSide: true,
    ajax: {
        url: "...",
        type: "POST",
    }
});

However, when I inspect the AJAX request that's being sent to the backend, I see:

columns[1][name]:ID
columns[1][searchable]:true
columns[1][orderable]:true
columns[1][search][value]:
columns[1][search][regex]:false

It's clear that these parameters are not set correctly for some reason... Is what I am trying to do actually possible?

Thanks,
Ilias

iliasr

Apologies, missed a closing bracket right after line 11...

EDIT: Fixed, found edit afterwards :)