This is a simple package that let you use Server-side Datatable in your Django Project
Supports datatable features such as Pagination, Search, etc...
pip install django-serverside-datatable
Create a django View that inherits from ServerSideDatatableView. Example (backend):
# views.py
from django_serverside_datatable.views import ServerSideDatatableView
class ItemListView(ServerSideDatatableView):
queryset = models.Item.objects.all()
columns = ['name', 'code', 'description']
# urls.py
# add the following line to urlpatterns
path('data/', views.ItemListView.as_view()), Example (frontend):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Items</h1>
<hr>
<table id="items-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Code</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody></tbody>
</table>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#items-table').dataTable({
serverSide: true,
sAjaxSource: "http://127.0.0.1:8000/data/", // new url
columns: [
{name: "name", data: 0},
{name: "code", data: 1},
{name: "description", data: 2},
],
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>For further customization of Datatable, you may refer the Datatable official documentation.