DataTables server-side processing with POST example

Preamble

The default HTTP method that DataTables uses to get data from the server-side if GET, however, there are times when you may wish to use POST. This is very easy using the fnServerData() initialisation parameter, as shown in this example.

Live example

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Loading data from server
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Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"bProcessing": true,
		"bServerSide": true,
		"sAjaxSource": "scripts/post.php",
		"fnServerData": function ( sSource, aoData, fnCallback ) {
			$.ajax( {
				"dataType": 'json', 
				"type": "POST", 
				"url": sSource, 
				"data": aoData, 
				"success": fnCallback
			} );
		}
	} );
} );

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