Retrieving row data after filtering JQuery Datatables

Question

Seems like it should be easy but...

Does anyone know how to return the current rows from a filtered dataTable? The oTable.fnGetNodes() method returns

Answer 1

As of Datatables 1.10, there is a built-in way to get the filtered or unfiltered rows after a search.

var table = $('#example').DataTable();
table.rows( {search:'applied'} ).nodes();
table.rows( {search:'removed'} ).nodes();

There are other options for getting only the current page or all pages as well as the order. More details here: http://datatables.net/reference/type/selector-modifier