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Additional Data Response

You can add additional server data on your response by using with api.

Adding response using key and value

use DataTables;
 
Route::get('user-data', function() {
    $model = App\User::query();
 
    return DataTables::eloquent($model)
                ->with('posts', 100)
                ->with('comments', 20)
                ->toJson();
});

Adding response using array

use DataTables;
 
Route::get('user-data', function() {
    $model = App\User::query();
 
    return DataTables::eloquent($model)
                ->with([
                    'posts' => 100,
                    'comments' => 20,
                ])
                ->toJson();
});

Adding response with closure.

use DataTables;
 
Route::get('user-data', function() {
    $model = App\User::query();
 
    return DataTables::eloquent($model)
                ->with('count', function() use ($model) {
                    return $model->count();
                })
                ->toJson();
});

Adding response with query callback.

This is for Query and Eloquent instance only,

use DataTables;
 
Route::get('user-data', function() {
    $model = App\User::query();
 
    return DataTables::eloquent($model)
                ->withQuery('count', function($filteredQuery) {
                    return $filteredQuery->count();
                })
                ->toJson();
});

Example Response

{
    "draw": 1,
    "recordsTotal": 10,
    "recordsFiltered": 3,
    "data": [{
        "id": 476,
        "name": "Esmeralda Kulas",
        "email": "abbott.cali@heaney.info",
        "created_at": "2016-07-31 23:26:14",
        "updated_at": "2016-07-31 23:26:14",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "superior_id": 0
    }, {
        "id": 6,
        "name": "Zachery Muller",
        "email": "abdullah.koelpin@yahoo.com",
        "created_at": "2016-07-31 23:25:43",
        "updated_at": "2016-07-31 23:25:43",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "superior_id": 1
    }],
    "posts": 100,
    "comments": 20
}

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