JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
  <script src="test.js"></script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
</head>
<body>
  <table id="mytable"></table>
  <div id="requested"></div>
</body>
</html>

CSS

#requested {
  margin: 20px;
}

JavaScript

var myData = [
	{item: 'apple', color: 'red'},
  {item: 'pear', color: 'green'},
  {item: 'pinaple', color: 'yellow'},
  {item: 'banana', color: 'yellow'}
];

var dataTable = $('#mytable').DataTable({
	sDom: 't',
  data: myData,
  columns: [
  	{data: 'item', title: 'item'},
    {data: 'color', title: 'color'}
  ]
});

var selectedRow = dataTable.rows(1,{order:'applied'}).data();
$('#requested').text(JSON.stringify(selectedRow[0]));