Custom Server Side Parameters

jasper502

I am trying to integrate DT with my existing search function - it seems that you can't customize DT to return alternate parameters: i.e. search[value] etc. In my case it would be much easier if I could change that to 'q' for example.

If you can change the default paramater keys returned please advise.

I wanted to try this (https://datatables.net/reference/option/ajax.data):

    ajax: {
      url: $('#locations').data('source'),
      type: 'GET',
      data: {
        q: 'search value'
      }

Where 'search value' is just a clone of the 'search[value]' parameter but I seem to be at a loss how to access this. Can you do it direct from DT or do I need to look it up from the DOM etc?

kthorngren

Here is a server side example of modifying the parameters sent.

Kevin

jasper502

Perfect - that was in the link I provided but had not tried that one yet (was not obvious to me based on my limited JS background). Thanks!

jasper502

Follow-up question - is it possible to retrieve the other form data such as length and start? In my case I want to send the length as limit and start as offset.

kthorngren

The d parameter passed into the function has all the parameters. You should be able to use something like d.start. You can use console.log(d) in the function to see the structure.

Kevin

jasper502

Ahhh. Ok that should do the trick ?