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Server-side libraries

DataTables will happily operate on plain HTML tables on static pages, but when creating a modern web-application you will wish to load data from a remote database, or otherwise interact with remote data. We also publish libraries for some of the most commonly used server-side environments to make working with such data easy!

The server-side libraries for the DataTables suite all share a common approach of using a database abstraction layer (allowing the libraries to operate with multiple databases - e.g. Postgres, SQL Server, MySQL, etc), and the same basic API structure, although keyed to match the best practices of each target platform.

As well as supporting simple data loading for DataTables core, the libraries all also support Editor for full editing of table data and saving back to a database, ColumnControl for filtering data, and server-side processing for handling millions of rows of data.

Manuals

PHP

The DataTables PHP libraries provide full support for PHP 7+, making it easy handle all DataTables requests with your own database.

Node.js

The Node.js libraries are written in Typescript and have full types available. Node.js 16+ is supported, and Knex.js is used for multiple database support.

.NET

The .NET libraries for DataTables support .NET 8+ and .NET Core 2.1+. With the CLR you can use them with your preferred language and framework.

Python

DataTables' Python libraries use SQLAlchemy Core to provide SQL database support, but is framework-agnostic, so it can be used with your preferred one.