Rank,First,Last,Age,Total,Discount,Date
111,Peter,Parker,28,$9.99,20%,"Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM"
166,Bruce Lee,Evans,22,$13.19,11%,"Jan 18, 2007 9:12 AM"

[
    [ "Rank", "First", "Last", "Age", "Total", "Discount", "Date" ],
    [ "111", "Peter", "Parker", "28", "$9.99", "20%", "Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM" ],
    [ "166", "Bruce Lee", "Evans", "22", "$13.19", "11%", "Jan 18, 2007 9:12 AM" ],
]

[
    {
        "Rank" : "111",
        "First": "Peter",
        "Last": "Parker",
        "Age": "28",
        "Total": "$9.99",
        "Discount": "20%",
        "Date": "Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM"
    }, {
        "Rank": "166",
        "First": "Bruce Lee",
        "Last": "Evans",
        "Age": "22",
        "Total": "$13.19",
        "Discount": "11%",
        "Date": "Jan 18, 2007 9:12 AM"
    }
]

output_ignoreColumns : [ 0 ]

In the below example, the header text is obtained from this set data-attribute. If the data-attribute doesn't exist, then the header name is obtained from the actual header text.

The data-attribute can be an empty string (v2.22.2).

<thead>
	<tr>
		<th>Rank</th>
		<th data-name="First">First Name</th>
		<th data-name="Last">Last Name</th>
		<th>Age</th>
		<th>Total</th>
		<th>Discount</th>
		<th>Date</th>
	</tr>
</thead>

Notice in this output that the "First" and "Last" columns match the contents of the data-name attribute and not the header text:

Rank,First,Last,Age,Total,Discount,Date

output_delivery : 'p'

• 'filtered' - output rows that have not been filtered by the filter widget (i.e. rows that do not have the "filtered" class applied; this class name is set by the filter_filteredRow widget option).
• 'visible' - only output rows that are currently visible; rows hidden by pagination will not be included.
• jQuery filter selector - output all rows that match the jQuery filter (use a string; not a jQuery object).
  • For example, '.checked', '.checked:visible' or :not(.checked) can be used; these examples match the class set by the checkbox parser table.config.checkboxClass class setting.
  • For reference, internally, the rows are filtered using this setting: $rows.filter( wo.output_saveRows ).
  • Instead of checking to see if output_saveRows works as a filter, the option is checked to see if it starts with any of the following characters before it is used as a filter:
    • '.' (class selector)
    • '#' (id selector)
    • ':' (filter selectors, e.g. ':visible' or ':not()')
    • [ (start of an attribute selector)
• 'all' - output all rows even if they are hidden. When the pager removeRows option is true, rows not visible do not exist in the DOM and therefore will not be included.
• function - (v2.25.2) Include a filter function to test each row and return a boolean value; true to include the row, and false to exclude. For example:

  output_saveRows: function(index, element) {
    // "this" is the same as "element"
    // only include the row if the select element's value is set to "include".
    return $(this).find('select').val() === 'include';
  }

Even if this option is set to 'filtered' and the filter widget is not being used, all of the rows will be added to the output.

*NOTE* When setting this option,

• Only the first letter is required for filtered ('f') or visible ('v') rows.

  output_saveRows : 'f'

• If using a jQuery selector, it won't be recognized as a selector unless one of the characters (.#:[) is at the start of the string; if your filter is not working, or uses a charater not listed, then use the callback function, or you can contact me for support.
• If no matches are found, all rows will be sent to the output.

line,values,values,values
line,value1,value2,value3
1,1.1,1.2,1.3
,1.4,1.5,
2,2.1,2.2,2.3
,2.4,2.5,
3,3.1,3.2,3.3
,3.4,3.5,
4,4.1,,4.2
,,,4.3

output_replaceQuote : '\u201c;' // left double quote

Rank,First,Last,Age,Total,Discount,Date
1,Philip Aaron Wong,Johnson Sr Esq,25,$5.95,22%,"Jun 26, 2004 7:22 AM"
21,John,“Robin“\n\tHood,33,$19.99,25%,"Dec 10, 2002 5:14 AM"
013,Clark,“Old man“ Kent Sr.,18,$15.89,44%,"Jan 12, 2003 11:14 AM"
16,Jim,“Jimmy“ Franco,24,-$14.19,24%,"Jan 14, 2004 11:23 AM"
55,Dennis,“Charley“ Bronson,65,$123.00,32%,"Jan 20, 2001 1:12 PM"

"Rank","First","Last","Age","Total","Discount","Date"
"1","Philip Aaron Wong","Johnson Sr Esq","25","$5.95","22%","Jun 26, 2004 7:22 AM"
"111","Peter","Parker","28","$9.99","20%","Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM"
"21","John","'Robin'\n\tHood","33","$19.99","25%","Dec 10, 2002 5:14 AM"
"9","Martha","delFuego","25","$22.09","12%","Jun 11, 2011 10:55 AM"

Rank,First,Last,Age,Total,Discount,Date
1,Philip Aaron Wong,Johnson Sr Esq,25,$5.95,22%,"Jun 26, 2004 7:22 AM"
111,Peter,Parker,28,$9.99,20%,"Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM"
21,John,'Robin'\n\tHood,33,$19.99,25%,"Dec 10, 2002 5:14 AM"
9,Martha,delFuego,25,$22.09,12%,"Jun 11, 2011 10:55 AM"

output_formatContent : function( c, wo, data ) {
	// data.isHeader (boolean) = true if processing a header cell
	// data.$cell = jQuery object of the cell currently being processed
	// data.content = processed cell content (spaces trimmed, quotes added/replaced, etc)
	// data.columnIndex = column in which the cell is contained (added v2.30.5)
	// data.parsed = cell content parsed by the associated column parser (added v2.30.5)
	// **********
	// use data.$cell.html() to get the original cell content
	return data.content
		.replace(/fred/ig, '')  // because we don't like fred
		// because HTML is being processed, you might want to also replace HTML codes
		.replace(/&/g, '&') // convert '&' → '&'
}

output_formatContent : function( c, wo, data ) {
	// replace all HTML shortcut codes
	// (e.g. 'foo © bar ≠ baz 𝌆 qux' → 'foo © bar ≠ baz 𝌆 qux' )
	return he.decode( data.content );
}

In v2.27.0, a url parameter was added to the callback.

In v2.25.1, this callback can return modified data for output.

As of v2.17.0 (v2.27.0) , the callback function was modified to pass two three parameters:

• config - the table.config settings.
• data - the output data as a string
• url - the url of the current page (including filters, sort, etc), if the pager widget/addon is being used.
  • You can get the same value by using config.pager.ajaxObject.url; this parameter was added for convenience.
  • The value will be null if the pager is not being used.

function(config, data, url) {
    // return data.replace( /Mary Smith/g, 'Mary Smith-Jones' ); // v2.25.1+
    return true;
}

output_callback : function(config, data, url) {
    // send output to the console only
    console.log(data);
    return false;
}

function(config, data, url) {
    // This is only an example, but you could set it up so that a "&csv=1"
    // parameter in the url to signal the server to provide the csv for the
    // entire table using the current filters, sort, etc.
    if (url) {
      return $.getJSON(url + "&csv=1")
        .done(function(data) {
          return data.csv;
        })
        .fail(function() {
          alert('no go on CSV');
          return false;
        });
    }
    return true;
}

output_callbackJSON : function($cell, txt, cellIndex) {
    return txt + '(' + (cellIndex + col) + ')';
}

output_encoding : 'data:application/octet-stream;charset=utf8,'

// output data type (with BOM or Windows-1252 is needed for excel)
// NO BOM   : 'data:text/csv;charset=utf8,'
// With BOM : 'data:text/csv;charset=utf8,%EF%BB%BF'
// WIN 1252 : 'data:text/csv;charset=windows-1252,' // ANSI (subset of ISO-8859-1)
output_encoding : 'data:text/csv;charset=utf8,'

You can use a plugin such as FileSaver.js instead of the simplified, and possibly out-of-date internal method.

output_savePlugin: function(config, widgetOptions, data) {
  var blob = new Blob([data], {type: widgetOptions.output_encoding});
  saveAs(blob, widgetOptions.output_saveFileName);
}