jQuery DataTables: "Load more" button - Server-side processing

Example for article at https://www.gyrocode.com/articles/jquery-datatables-load-more-button/

by gyrocode

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.15/datatables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.15/datatables.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-mockjax/1.6.2/jquery.mockjax.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://gyrocode.github.io/jquery-datatables-pageLoadMore/1.0.2/js/dataTables.pageLoadMore.min.js"></script>
<h3><a href="https://www.gyrocode.com/articles/jquery-datatables-load-more-button/" target="_blank">jQuery DataTables: "Load more" button</a> <small>Server-side processing</small></h3>

<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Extn.</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Salary</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
</table>

<div class="dt-more-container">
   <button id="btn-example-load-more" style="display:none">Load More</button>
</div>

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<script>
// FOR DEMONSTRATION ONLY:
// The code below is used for emulation of server-side processing 
// and is not needed in production
$.mockjax({
    url: '/test/0',
    responseTime: 200,
    response: function(settings){
        var val = settings.data.start;
        this.responseText = {
            data: [],
            draw: settings.data.draw,
            recordsTotal: 100000,
            recordsFiltered: 100000
        };
            
        for(var i = 0; i < settings.data.length; i++){
            var index = (i + settings.data.start + 1);
            this.responseText.data.push(["A" + index, "B" + index, "C" + index, "D" + index, "E" + index, "F" + index]);
        }
    }
});
</script>

CSS

.dt-more-container {
   text-align:center;
   margin:2em 0;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function (){
   var table = $('#example').DataTable({
      dom: 'frt',
      serverSide: true,
      processing: true,
      ajax: $.fn.dataTable.pageLoadMore({
         url: '/test/0'
      }),      
      drawCallback: function(){
         // If there is some more data
         if($('#btn-example-load-more').is(':visible')){
            // Scroll to the "Load more" button
            $('html, body').animate({
               scrollTop: $('#btn-example-load-more').offset().top
            }, 1000);
         }

         // Show or hide "Load more" button based on whether there is more data available
         $('#btn-example-load-more').toggle(this.api().page.hasMore());
      }      
   });
 
   // Handle click on "Load more" button
   $('#btn-example-load-more').on('click', function(){  
      // Load more data
      table.page.loadMore();
   });
});