Topic: MDBDatatable Dynamic Data Links
Expected behavior Passing a JSON object with string values into the table data, the HTML would be parsed out into a link.
Actual behavior The literal string is being put into the column data, this is how it works within traditional datatables, so I'm looking for a solution to do this here. The data is all provided from an API which provides the json object asynchronously after page load, and the JSON object will not always look the same, so I need to code with the expectation that the table can handle the json object for columns an the json object for the rows.
Resources (screenshots, code snippets etc.)
Do you mean something like this?
import React from 'react';
import { MDBDataTable, MDBContainer, MDBRow, MDBCol, MDBCard, MDBCardBody } from 'mdbreact';
const DatatablePage = () => {
const data = () => ({
columns: [
{
label: 'Name',
field: 'name',
width: 150,
attributes: {
'aria-controls': 'DataTable',
'aria-label': 'Name'
}
},
{
label: 'Position',
field: 'position',
width: 270
},
{
label: 'Office',
field: 'office',
width: 200
},
{
label: 'Age',
field: 'age',
sort: 'asc',
width: 100
},
{
label: 'Start date',
field: 'date',
sort: 'disabled',
width: 150
},
{
label: 'Salary',
field: 'salary',
sort: 'disabled',
width: 100
}
],
rows: [
{
name: 'Tiger Nixon',
position: 'System Architect',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '61',
date: '2011/04/25',
salary: '$320',
clickEvent: () => testClickEvent(1)
},
{
name: 'Garrett Winters',
position: 'Accountant',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '63',
date: '2011/07/25',
salary: '$170'
},
{
name: 'Ashton Cox',
position: 'Junior Technical Author',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '66',
date: '2009/01/12',
salary: '$86'
},
{
name: 'Cedric Kelly',
position: 'Senior Javascript Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '22',
date: '2012/03/29',
salary: '$433'
},
{
name: 'Airi Satou',
position: 'Accountant',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '33',
date: '2008/11/28',
salary: '$162'
},
{
name: 'Brielle Williamson',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'New York',
age: '61',
date: '2012/12/02',
salary: '$372'
},
{
name: 'Herrod Chandler',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '59',
date: '2012/08/06',
salary: '$137'
},
{
name: 'Rhona Davidson',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '55',
date: '2010/10/14',
salary: '$327'
},
{
name: 'Colleen Hurst',
position: 'Javascript Developer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '39',
date: '2009/09/15',
salary: '$205'
},
{
name: 'Sonya Frost',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '23',
date: '2008/12/13',
salary: '$103'
},
{
name: 'Jena Gaines',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'London',
age: '30',
date: '2008/12/19',
salary: '$90'
},
{
name: 'Quinn Flynn',
position: 'Support Lead',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '22',
date: '2013/03/03',
salary: '$342'
},
{
name: 'Charde Marshall',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '36',
date: '2008/10/16',
salary: '$470'
},
{
name: 'Haley Kennedy',
position: 'Senior Marketing Designer',
office: 'London',
age: '43',
date: '2012/12/18',
salary: '$313'
},
{
name: 'Tatyana Fitzpatrick',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'London',
age: '19',
date: '2010/03/17',
salary: '$385'
},
{
name: 'Michael Silva',
position: 'Marketing Designer',
office: 'London',
age: '66',
date: '2012/11/27',
salary: '$198'
},
{
name: 'Paul Byrd',
position: 'Chief Financial Officer (CFO)',
office: 'New York',
age: '64',
date: '2010/06/09',
salary: '$725'
},
{
name: 'Gloria Little',
position: 'Systems Administrator',
office: 'New York',
age: '59',
date: '2009/04/10',
salary: '$237'
},
{
name: 'Bradley Greer',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'London',
age: '41',
date: '2012/10/13',
salary: '$132'
},
{
name: 'Dai Rios',
position: 'Personnel Lead',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '35',
date: '2012/09/26',
salary: '$217'
},
{
name: 'Jenette Caldwell',
position: 'Development Lead',
office: 'New York',
age: '30',
date: '2011/09/03',
salary: '$345'
},
{
name: 'Yuri Berry',
position: 'Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)',
office: 'New York',
age: '40',
date: '2009/06/25',
salary: '$675'
},
{
name: 'Caesar Vance',
position: 'Pre-Sales Support',
office: 'New York',
age: '21',
date: '2011/12/12',
salary: '$106'
},
{
name: 'Doris Wilder',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'Sidney',
age: '23',
date: '2010/09/20',
salary: '$85'
},
{
name: 'Angelica Ramos',
position: 'Chief Executive Officer (CEO)',
office: 'London',
age: '47',
date: '2009/10/09',
salary: '$1'
},
{
name: 'Gavin Joyce',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '42',
date: '2010/12/22',
salary: '$92'
},
{
name: 'Jennifer Chang',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '28',
date: '2010/11/14',
salary: '$357'
},
{
name: 'Brenden Wagner',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '28',
date: '2011/06/07',
salary: '$206'
},
{
name: 'Fiona Green',
position: 'Chief Operating Officer (COO)',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '48',
date: '2010/03/11',
salary: '$850'
},
{
name: 'Shou Itou',
position: 'Regional Marketing',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '20',
date: '2011/08/14',
salary: '$163'
},
{
name: 'Michelle House',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'Sidney',
age: '37',
date: '2011/06/02',
salary: '$95'
},
{
name: 'Suki Burks',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'London',
age: '53',
date: '2009/10/22',
salary: '$114'
},
{
name: 'Prescott Bartlett',
position: 'Technical Author',
office: 'London',
age: '27',
date: '2011/05/07',
salary: '$145'
},
{
name: 'Gavin Cortez',
position: 'Team Leader',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '22',
date: '2008/10/26',
salary: '$235'
},
{
name: 'Martena Mccray',
position: 'Post-Sales support',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '46',
date: '2011/03/09',
salary: '$324'
},
{
name: 'Unity Butler',
position: 'Marketing Designer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '47',
date: '2009/12/09',
salary: '$85'
},
{
name: 'Howard Hatfield',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '51',
date: '2008/12/16',
salary: '$164'
},
{
name: 'Hope Fuentes',
position: 'Secretary',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '41',
date: '2010/02/12',
salary: '$109'
},
{
name: 'Vivian Harrell',
position: 'Financial Controller',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '62',
date: '2009/02/14',
salary: '$452'
},
{
name: 'Timothy Mooney',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'London',
age: '37',
date: '2008/12/11',
salary: '$136'
},
{
name: 'Jackson Bradshaw',
position: 'Director',
office: 'New York',
age: '65',
date: '2008/09/26',
salary: '$645'
},
{
name: 'Olivia Liang',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '64',
date: '2011/02/03',
salary: '$234'
},
{
name: 'Bruno Nash',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'London',
age: '38',
date: '2011/05/03',
salary: '$163'
},
{
name: 'Sakura Yamamoto',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '37',
date: '2009/08/19',
salary: '$139'
},
{
name: 'Thor Walton',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'New York',
age: '61',
date: '2013/08/11',
salary: '$98'
},
{
name: 'Finn Camacho',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '47',
date: '2009/07/07',
salary: '$87'
},
{
name: 'Serge Baldwin',
position: 'Data Coordinator',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '64',
date: '2012/04/09',
salary: '$138'
},
{
name: 'Zenaida Frank',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'New York',
age: '63',
date: '2010/01/04',
salary: '$125'
},
{
name: 'Zorita Serrano',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '56',
date: '2012/06/01',
salary: '$115'
},
{
name: 'Jennifer Acosta',
position: 'Junior Javascript Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '43',
date: '2013/02/01',
salary: '$75'
},
{
name: 'Cara Stevens',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'New York',
age: '46',
date: '2011/12/06',
salary: '$145'
},
{
name: 'Hermione Butler',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'London',
age: '47',
date: '2011/03/21',
salary: '$356'
},
{
name: 'Lael Greer',
position: 'Systems Administrator',
office: 'London',
age: '21',
date: '2009/02/27',
salary: '$103'
},
{
name: 'Jonas Alexander',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '30',
date: '2010/07/14',
salary: '$86'
},
{
name: 'Shad Decker',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '51',
date: '2008/11/13',
salary: '$183'
},
{
name: 'Michael Bruce',
position: 'Javascript Developer',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '29',
date: '2011/06/27',
salary: '$183'
},
{
name: 'Donna Snider',
position: 'Customer Support',
office: 'New York',
age: '27',
date: '2011/01/25',
salary: '$112'
}
]
});
const linksData = {
columns: [
{
label: 'LINKS',
field: 'links'
},
...data().columns
],
rows: [
...data().rows.map((row, order) => ({
...row,
links: (
<a href='https://google.com' target='_blank'>
Link to google
</a>
)
}))
]
};
return (
<MDBContainer className='mt-3'>
<MDBRow className='py-3'>
<MDBCol md='12'>
<MDBCard>
<MDBCardBody>
<MDBDataTable
striped
bordered
hover
entriesOptions={[5, 20, 25]}
entries={5}
pagesAmount={4}
data={linksData}
sortRows={['links']}
materialSearch
/>
</MDBCardBody>
</MDBCard>
</MDBCol>
</MDBRow>
</MDBContainer>
);
};
export default DatatablePage;
kalmservices premium commented 4 years ago
What I'm hoping for, is for the table to just recognize an html element and automatically render it as such, instead of rendering it as a text string. Whatever text element I pass over, an anchor tag or an image. As it is, I have to intercept the data between the API and the table, look for any links and convert those into components manually.
Piotr Glejzer staff commented 4 years ago
This is not possible to do it now.
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Status
Answered
Specification of the issue
- ForumUser: Premium
- Premium support: Yes
- Technology: MDB React
- MDB Version: 4.26.0
- Device: Desktop
- Browser: Chrome
- OS: Windows 8
- Provided sample code: No
- Provided link: No
Piotr Glejzer staff commented 4 years ago
do you have data from API to show to test it?
kalmservices premium commented 4 years ago
{"columns":[{"field":"DETAIL","label":""},{"field":"FULLNAME","label":"Name"},{"field":"PROMOTIONALIAS","label":"Promotion"},{"field":"VENDORTYPES","label":"Type"},{"field":"CONTACT","label":"Primary Contact"},{"field":"WEBADDRESS","label":"Web Address"},{"field":"STATUS","label":"Status"}],"rows":[{"FULLNAME":"bname","PROMOTIONALIAS":null,"VENDORTYPES":"Promotion","WEBADDRESS":null,"CONTACT":null,"STATUS":"Button","DETAIL":"[]"},{"FULLNAME":"test promo 1","PROMOTIONALIAS":null,"VENDORTYPES":"Promotion","WEBADDRESS":null,"CONTACT":null,"STATUS":"Button","DETAIL":"[]"},{"FULLNAME":"wcfc csdc sc cdfc sc d","PROMOTIONALIAS":null,"VENDORTYPES":"Promotion","WEBADDRESS":null,"CONTACT":null,"STATUS":"Button","DETAIL":"[]"},{"FULLNAME":"wreewrwer","PROMOTIONALIAS":null,"VENDORTYPES":"Promotion","WEBADDRESS":null,"CONTACT":null,"STATUS":"Button","DETAIL":"[]"}]}
kalmservices premium commented 4 years ago
Previous comment is the json being passed back, this is the react component I'm passing that into:
Piotr Glejzer staff commented 4 years ago
I will try to test it and resolve this problem.
kalmservices premium commented 4 years ago
So we have premium support, and I asked this question 3 months ago and never received an answer. Did anyone ever look into this issue?