Get body of datatable as HTML element - javascript

I have a datatable that is being populated with data from ajax->mysql database. After it is populated I use various datatables tools like "rowsGroup", "searchColumns" etc to make the table look better.
Is there any way I can then get the table body as a tbody element with td's and tr's and append it to a variable?
My problem is that I have the datatable looking as I want it when it is initialized in javsscript (with the filters and plugins etc applied) but I have no way of exporting it like that.
My question is, how can I export it to a variable looking exactly how it is so that I can save it somewhere and re-use it elsewhere on the page or project.
===TABLE INIT===
let table;
const getTableBody = async (crop) => {
table = $('#pests_js_table').DataTable({
"pageLength": 50,
"processing": true,
"ajax": {
"url": '/assets/ajax/table_ajax_handler.php',
"type": "POST",
"data": {
action: "getPestsForTable"
}
},
"rowsGroup": [
],
"columns": [{
"data": "crop"
},
{
"data": "weeds"
},
{
"data": "chemical"
},
{
"data": "product"
},
{
"data": "rate"
},
{
"data": "max_no"
},
{
"data": "hi"
},
{
"data": "mrl"
},
{
"data": "pcs_no"
},
{
"data": "supplier"
},
{
"data": "use_by_date"
}
],
"searchCols": [{
"search": String(crop) || null
}],
"columnDefs": [{
"targets": [0],
"visible": false,
"searchable": true
},
{
"targets": [1],
"visible": true,
"searchable": true
}
],
"order": [
[2, "asc"]
],
"rowsGroup": [
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
]
});
return table.outerHTML;
}
const exportPdf = async () => {
let crops = <?=json_encode($crops)?>;
//console.log(crops);
// crops.map(async crop => {
// let tableBody = await getTableBody(crop);
// console.log(tableBody);
// });
let tableBody = await getTableBody('v7xn82Ff3XQFYwCl');
console.log(tableBody);
}

For a more complex requirement like the one you have, you are going to need to combine DataTables capabilities with some extra logic (JavaScript, in this case) to iterate over the set of tables you need.
So, the following example is not a complete solution - it just shows how to create one copy of your original table, with an applied filter. But this could be extended to loop over each of your continents, one-by-one.
The code creates a variable called tableCopy which contains a clone of the original table. You can then use tableCopy.outerHTML to get the full HTML of the copied table.
$(document).ready(function() {
let table = $('#example').DataTable( {
// my test data is sourced from a JavaScript variable, not from ajax:
data: dataSet,
// my custom code will not work if deferRender is true:
"deferRender": false,
// for testing, provide pre-filtered data:
"search": {
"search": "ni"
},
columns: [
{ title: "ID", data: "id" },
{ title: "Name", data: "name" },
{ title: "Office", data: "office" },
{ title: "Position", data: "position" },
{ title: "Start date", data: "start_date" },
{ title: "Extn.", data: "extn" },
{ title: "Salary", data: "salary" }
]
} );
let tableCopy = document.getElementById("example").cloneNode(true);
tableCopy.id = 'my_copy'; // the cloned table needs a unique ID
//remove the (incomplete) set of <tr> nodes in the <tbody> node, since they
// only account for the initially displayed set of rows (one page of data):
$('tbody', tableCopy).empty();
// we will not select any rows which have been filtered out (and are therefore hidden):
let rowsSelector = { order: 'current', page: 'all', search: 'applied' };
// build a complete set of <tr> nodes using the DataTables API:
table.rows( rowsSelector ).every( function ( rowIdx, tableLoop, rowLoop ) {
$('tbody', tableCopy).append( this.node() );
} );
//console.log( tableCopy.outerHTML );
$('#displayTarget').html( tableCopy.outerHTML );
// redraw the main table to re-display the removed <tr> nodes:
table.draw( false );
} );
In your case, you would need to extend this approach to handle multiple copies of the table.
I have not tested the following - but this shows the approach:
You would need an array of values to hold the copies:
let tableCopies = [];
contients.forEach(function (item, index) {
tableCopies.push(document.getElementById("example").cloneNode(true));
tableCopies[index].id = 'table_' + item; // e.g.: 'table_Europe'
});
You would need to extend this section:
table.rows( rowsSelector ).every( function ( rowIdx, tableLoop, rowLoop ) {
$('tbody', tableCopy).append( this.node() );
} );
Instead of using the filtered data from the original table, you would loop through every row - and you would not use the rowsSelector:
table.rows().every( ... )
In the body of that function, you would check which continent is in the current row:
table.rows( rowsSelector ).every( function ( rowIdx, tableLoop, rowLoop ) {
let continent = this.data().continent;
// and add the relevant continent row to the related object in the `tableCopies` array.
} );

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