EloquentController.php - Fractal Transformer

EloquentController.php

    public function getTransformer()
    {
        return view('datatables.eloquent.transformer');
    }

    public function getTransformerData()
    {
        $users = User::select(['id', 'name', 'email', 'created_at', 'updated_at']);

        return Datatables::of($users)
            ->setTransformer(new \App\Transformers\UserTransformer)
            ->make(true);
    }

Javascript

    $('#users-table').DataTable({
        processing: true,
        serverSide: true,
        ajax: 'https://yajratables.tuecus.com/eloquent/transformer-data',
        columns: [
            {data: 'id', name: 'id'},
            {data: 'name', name: 'name'},
            {data: 'email', name: 'email'},
            {data: 'created_at', name: 'created_at'},
            {data: 'updated_at', name: 'updated_at'}
        ]
    });

Transformer

namespace App\Transformers;

use League\Fractal\TransformerAbstract;
use App\User;

class UserTransformer extends TransformerAbstract
{
    /**
     * @return  array
     */
    public function transform(User $user)
    {
        return [
            'id'         => (int) $user->id,
            'name'       => $user->name,
            'email'      => $user->email,
            'created_at' => (string) $user->created_at,
            'updated_at' => (string) $user->updated_at,
        ];
    }
}