DataTables - columns.render

DataTables Examples

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.0/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.0/js/jquery.dataTables.js"></script>
<table class="display" id="example">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Information</th>
            <th>Link</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
</table>

JavaScript

var responseObj = [
    { "information": "A1", "weblink": "http://www.microsoft.com" },
    { "information": "A2", "weblink": "http://www.yahoo.com" },
    { "information": "A3", "weblink": "http://www.google.com" },
    { "information": "A4", "weblink": "http://www.duckduckgo.com" },
    { "information": "A1", "weblink": "http://www.microsoft.com" },
    { "information": "A2", "weblink": "http://www.yahoo.com" },
    { "information": "A3", "weblink": "http://www.google.com" },
    { "information": "A4", "weblink": "http://www.duckduckgo.com" },
    { "information": "A1", "weblink": "http://www.microsoft.com" },
    { "information": "A2", "weblink": "http://www.yahoo.com" },
    { "information": "A3", "weblink": "http://www.google.com" },
    { "information": "A4", "weblink": "http://www.duckduckgo.com" },
    { "information": "A1", "weblink": "http://www.microsoft.com" },
    { "information": "A2", "weblink": "http://www.yahoo.com" },
    { "information": "A3", "weblink": "http://www.google.com" }
];

$('#example').dataTable({
   "data": responseObj,
   "bDestroy": true,
   "deferRender": true,
   "columns": [
      { "data": "information" }, 
      { 
        "data": "weblink",
        "render" : function(data, type, row, meta) {
        				console.log('render called');
                return data;
            }
        }
    ]
});