DataTable with custom button example
DataTables Buttons Examples
by Roland
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.15/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.15/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.3.1/js/dataTables.buttons.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.3.1/css/buttons.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.3.1/js/buttons.html5.min.js"></script>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="dataTable" id="example">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rendering engine</th>
<th>Browser</th>
<th>Platform(s)</th>
<th>Engine version</th>
<th>CSS grade</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet
Explorer 4.0</td>
<td>Win 95+</td>
<td> 4</td>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet
Explorer 5.0</td>
<td>Win 95+</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet
Explorer 5.5</td>
<td>Win 95+</td>
<td>5.5</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet
Explorer 6</td>
<td>Win 98+</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet Explorer 7</td>
<td>Win XP SP2+</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trident</td>
<td>AOL browser (AOL desktop)</td>
<td>Win XP</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
...
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').dataTable({buttons: [
'copy', 'pdf'
]});
});