how to use django-rest-framework-datatables

To use django-rest-framework-datatables, follow these steps:

1. Install the django-rest-framework-datatables package using pip:

pip install django-rest-framework-datatables

1. Add 'rest_framework_datatables' to your INSTALLED_APPS setting in the Django settings.py file:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'rest_framework_datatables',
]

1. Create a serializer for the model you want to display using datatables in your Django app:

from rest_framework import serializers

class YourModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = YourModel
        fields = '__all__'

1. Create a view that uses the DatatablesRenderer and the DatatablesMixin provided by django-rest-framework-datatables:

from rest_framework.views import APIView
from rest_framework_datatables.renderers import DatatablesRenderer
from rest_framework_datatables.mixins import DatatablesMixin

class YourModelDataView(DatatablesMixin, APIView):
    renderer_classes = [DatatablesRenderer]
    queryset = YourModel.objects.all()
    serializer_class = YourModelSerializer

1. Configure your datatables frontend to make a request to the API endpoint you just created, passing the necessary parameters for filtering, sorting, and pagination.

These are the steps to use django-rest-framework-datatables.