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Black Listing Columns

The blacklist feature allows you to explicitly disable sorting and searching on specific columns. Columns defined in the blacklist will be excluded from sorting and searching operations.


Basic Usage

use Yajra\DataTables\Facades\DataTables;
use App\Models\User;
 
Route::get('user-data', function() {
$model = User::query();
 
return DataTables::eloquent($model)
->blacklist(['password', 'name'])
->toJson();
});

Common Use Cases

Exclude Sensitive Data

return DataTables::eloquent(User::query())
->blacklist(['password', 'api_token', 'remember_token'])
->toJson();

Exclude Action Columns

return DataTables::eloquent(User::query())
->blacklist(['action', 'edit', 'delete'])
->toJson();

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