var columns = [];  // Create an empty array for the columns option

​

function getDT() {

    $.ajax({

      url: "/ssp/objects.php",  // All of the data from the server is return, used on;y for this example

      success: function (data) {

        // Parse the JSON response to a JS object

        data = JSON.parse(data);

        console.log(data.data[0]);  

        // Get the object keys from the first row of data

        // This might be different in a real world example

        // where specific column config data is returned

        columnNames = Object.keys(data.data[0]);

        // Iterate each of the columnNames to build the columns.data and columns.title optins

        for (var i in columnNames) {

          // Push the {data: ..., title: ...} onto array

          columns.push({data: columnNames[i], 

                    title: capitalizeFirstLetter(columnNames[i])});

        }

        // Once columns array is built init server side Datatables

        $('#example').DataTable( {

            processing: true,

            serverSide: true,

            ajax: "/ssp/objects.php",

            columns: columns

        } );

      }

    });

}

​

function capitalizeFirstLetter(string) {

    return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);

}

​

$(document).ready(function() {

  getDT();

​

} );

​

​

​