How to tear down a gridjs table?

[nabsabraham]

I want to be able to destroy the gridjs table so I can ask the server for a fresh/different list of data to display in the table, is that possible? My stack is python/flask. For comparision, I am currently using DataTables and I have access to this functionality

[leehrat]

If you're populating the table using something like this:

server: { url: '/your_url_to_get_data', then: results => results.data, total: results => results.total, },

Then you can use:

grid.forceRender();

in whatever function that you want triggering the fresh data need. That basically calls your '/your_url_to_get_data' again to get the data.

[nabsabraham]

hmm the issue is my url changes on button click because it gets a new parameter for a GET request: url: '/your_url_to_get_data?param=<something_new> -- so to have this work, I could put the code to generate the table in my button event handler and everytime the button is clicked, the param changes and a new table is created?