How to Implement Table Export Options using BootstrapTable Library

In this blog post, we will learn how to implement table export options using the BootstrapTable library. By using this code snippet, you will be able to export specific columns of a table in your web application.

Code

$('table').bootstrapTable({     
  exportOptions: {
    columns: [0,1]
  }
})

Code Explanation

The provided code snippet utilizes the “bootstrapTable” function to initialize a table and enable export options. The “exportOptions” parameter is used to specify which columns should be included in the exported data. In this example, the columns with indices 0 and 1 are selected.

To implement this functionality in your project, follow these steps:

Step 1: Include the BootstrapTable library in your HTML document. You can either download the library files and host them locally or use a CDN.

Step 2: Create a table in your HTML document, or retrieve an existing table using its ID or other selector.

Step 3: Initialize the table using the “bootstrapTable” function. Pass the “exportOptions” parameter with the desired column indices to include in the exported data.

Example:

Consider the following HTML table:

html
<table id="myTable">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Age</th>
      <th>Country</th>
      <th>Gender</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>John Doe</td>
      <td>25</td>
      <td>USA</td>
      <td>Male</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jane Smith</td>
      <td>30</td>
      <td>UK</td>
      <td>Female</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

To export only the “Name” and “Age” columns, use the following code snippet:

javascript
$('table').bootstrapTable({
  exportOptions: {
    columns: [0, 1]
  }
});

This will initialize the table with export options, where only the columns with indices 0 and 1 (i.e., “Name” and “Age”) will be included in the exported data.

Conclusion

In this blog post, we learned how to implement table export options using the BootstrapTable library. By using the provided code snippet, you can easily select specific columns to be exported from a table in your web application. This feature can be useful when sharing or analyzing data with others.

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