datatable yadcf plugin init() not working - filter

Question

i am using datatable with bootstrap3. i want to apply filter after button is clicked. but when i clicked button it gives me TypeError: oTable.settings is not a function error. my datatable version is 1.10.6 and yadcf version is 0.8.7
here is my code
function init_datatable(table_id, records) {
// console.log('init table',$.parseJSON(records));
var oTable = $(table_id).dataTable({
aaData: $.parseJSON(records),
"sPaginationType": "bootstrap",
"bFilter": false,
"bInfo": false,
"sPageButtonActive": "active",
"aaSorting": [[0, 'desc']],
"bDeferRender": true,
"sDom": '<"top"if>rt<"bottom"lp><"clear">',
"aLengthMenu": [
[10, 20, 30, 50, -1],
[10, 20, 30, 50, "All"] // change per page values here
],
"iDisplayLength": 10,
"oLanguage": {
"sEmptyTable": "No data available"
},
"aoColumnDefs": [{
"aTargets": [0],
"bVisible": false,
"bSearchable": false
},
{
"bSortable": false,
"aTargets": [-1], // <-- gets last column and turns off sorting
"mData": null,
"mRender": function(data, type, full) {
return '<a data-original-title="Edit" id="edit_' + full[0] + '" data-placement="top" class="btn btn-xs btn-teal tooltips edit" href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-edit"></i> Edit</a>';
}
}]
});
// .yadcf([
// {column_number: 1}
// ]);
$(table_id + '_wrapper .dataTables_length select').addClass("m-wrap");
$(table_id + '_wrapper .dataTables_length select').select2();
return oTable;
}
here is code for apply column filter
var pTable = init_datatable('#tbl_sample', data);
function apply_column_filter() {
yadcf.init(pTable, [
{column_number: 1}
]);
}
commented code in "init_datatble function is working. but when i use init it gives me error

Answer 1

yadcf.init should be use only for the new API with the capital D and since you are not using the new API, you should use the following way to init yadcf
$(table_id).dataTable({
......
}).yadcf([......]);
See comments in the code snippets on the showcase
//----------------------------------------------
//Example on how to define a custom filter function
//this function is goinf to be passesd to yadcf as custom_func parameter value
//and going to be tested against each value in the column
//----------------------------------------------
b.t.w if you want to filter some column pragmatically you should use the
exFilterColumn function , see docs

Answer 2

You can still use "yadcf.init" by getting the table reference. And this is how can get the reference of a table:
var api = new jQuery.fn.dataTable.Api(settings);
var oTable = api.table();
yadcf.init(oTable, [ {}]);