How to get name of datatable column?

Question

I\'m using DataTable 1.10.9 (from https://datatables.net). Columns for the datatable are defined at the initialization step in javascript and each column has a unique name, e.g.

Answer 1

below code worked for me

this.api().columns().every(function() {
  console.log( this.header().textContent )
})

also you can add a specific html class for only specific column names like having that class

this.api().columns(".myColumnClass").every(function() {
  console.log( this.header().textContent )
})