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

If you're trying to get the actual tr DOM elements instead of the data, the solution is similar to the underscore solutions provided above, but you use the $ method instead.

function getFilteredDatatable() {
    return $("table.dataTable").dataTable().$('tr', { "filter": "applied" });
}

More information is available on the API documentation page. http://datatables.net/api