DataTables Responder assists with responding, filtering, searching, paginating and formatting results from DataTable client requests.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'data_tables-responder'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install data_tables-responder

# routes.rb

resources :users do
  post :index, constraints: { format: :dt }, on: :collection
end

class UsersController < ApplicationController

  def index
    @users = User.all
    respond_to do |format|
      format.dt { render dt: @users }
    end
  end

  # ...

end

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After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/data_tables-responder.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.