Is it possible to swap the end of a URL from .xml to .html in the columnDefs area?

redroosterdesign

I want to change the URL being pulled in from JSON from a .xml to a .html. Is that possible?

kthorngren

You can use columns.render to modify the data.

Kevin

redroosterdesign

I've tried all kinds of options with no luck. Not sure this is even a dataTables issue as much as a script issue. This is what I'm using:

{
"targets": [7],
"data": "url",
"render": function ( data, type, row, meta ) {
return '<a class="catalog-link" href="'+data+'">'+'View in Catalog'+'</a>';
},
}

Would I add code here to change the end of the URL from .xml to .html? I can't figure out how to change what's in the +data+ area. Or if this is even the correct place to do it.

kthorngren

I don't know what value data contains but if you want to replace text then use a Javascript text replace method like replace(). For example:

return '<a class="catalog-link" href="' + data.replace(".xml", ".html") + '">'+'View in Catalog'+'</a>';

Kevin

redroosterdesign

That worked! I didn't know I could put the javascript directly attached to the data. Thank you so much!