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 sServerMethod initialisation parameter, which is simply set to the HTTP method that you want to use - the default is 'GET' and this example shows 'POST' being used.

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"bProcessing": true,
		"bServerSide": true,
		"sAjaxSource": "scripts/post.php",
		"sServerMethod": "POST"
	} );
} );

Server response

The code below shows the latest JSON data that has been returned from the server in response to the Ajax request made by DataTables. This will update as further requests are made.

Other examples