NAME

Text::Table::HTML::DataTables - Generate HTML table with jQuery and DataTables plugin

VERSION

This document describes version 0.013 of Text::Table::HTML::DataTables (from Perl distribution Text-Table-HTML-DataTables), released on 2025-05-15.

SYNOPSIS

 use Text::Table::HTML::DataTables;
 my $rows = [
     # header row
     ['Name', 'Rank', 'Serial'],
     # rows
     ['alice', 'pvt', '123<456>'],
     ['bob',   'cpl', '98765321'],
     ['carol', 'brig gen', '8745'],
 ];
 print Text::Table::HTML::DataTables::table(rows => $rows, header_row => 1);

DESCRIPTION

This module is just like Text::Table::HTML, except the HTML code will also load jQuery (<http://jquery.com>) and the DataTables plugin (<http://datatables.net>) from the local filesystem (distribution shared directory), so you can filter and sort the table in the browser.

The datatables bundled in this distribution has the following characteristics:

•

Support negative search using dash prefix syntax ("-foo") a la Google

To search for table rows that contain "foo", "bar" (in no particular order) and not "baz", you can enter in the search box:

 foo bar -baz

The example shown in the SYNOPSIS generates HTML code like the following:

 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="file:///home/ujang/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.24.0/lib/site_perl/5.24.0/auto/share/dist/Text-Table-HTML-DataTables/datatables-1.10.13/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
 <script src="file:///home/ujang/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.24.0/lib/site_perl/5.24.0/auto/share/dist/Text-Table-HTML-DataTables/jquery-2.2.4/jquery-2.2.4.min.js"></script>
 <script src="file:///home/ujang/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.24.0/lib/site_perl/5.24.0/auto/share/dist/Text-Table-HTML-DataTables/datatables-1.10.13/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
 <script>$(document).ready(function() { $("table").DataTable(); });</script>
 <table>
 <thead>
 <tr><th>Name</th><th>Rank</th><th>Serial</th></tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr><td>alice</td><td>pvt</td><td>12345</td></tr>
 <tr><td>bob</td><td>cpl</td><td>98765321</td></tr>
 <tr><td>carol</td><td>brig gen</td><td>8745</td></tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>

FUNCTIONS

table(%params) => str

OPTIONS

The "table" function understands these parameters, which are passed as a hash:

rows (aoaos)
Takes an array reference which should contain one or more rows of data, where each row is an array reference.
caption
Optional. Str. If set, will output a HTML "<title>" element in the HTML head as well as table "<caption>" element in the HTML body containing the provided caption. The caption will be HTML-encoded.
default_length
Integer, defaults to 1000. Set the default page size.
library_link_mode
Str, defaults to "local". Instructs how to link or embed the JavaScript libraries in the generated HTML page. Valid values include: "local" (the HTML will link to the local filesystem copy of the libraries, e.g. in the shared distribution directory), "cdn" (not yet implemented, the HTML will link to the CDN version of the libraries), "embed" (the HTML will embed the libraries directly).

ENVIRONMENT

PERL_TEXT_TABLE_HTML_DATATABLES_OPT_LIBRARY_LINK_MODE

String. Used to set the default for the "library_link_mode" option.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at <https://metacpan.org/release/Text-Table-HTML-DataTables>.

SOURCE

Source repository is at <https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Text-Table-HTML-DataTables>.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

 % prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Text-Table-HTML-DataTables>

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.