DataTables Api Stuff

column.cs

public class column
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Columns datasource
    /// </summary>
    public string data { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Columns name
    /// </summary>
    public string name { get; set; }
    public bool searchable { get; set; }
    public bool orderable { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Search value which applies to this column
    /// </summary>
    public search search { get; set; }
}

DataTableController.cs

public class DataTablesController : ApiController
{
    private readonly ICustomerRepository _customerRepository;

    public DataTablesController(ICustomerRepository customerRepository)
    {
        _customerRepository = customerRepository;
    }

    public DataTableResult Get([FromUri]DataTableParameters parameters)
    {
        IList<CustomerModel> customers;
       
        customers = _customerRepository.GetCustomers();

        var pageCustomers = customers.Skip(parameters.start).Take(parameters.length).ToArray();

        return new DataTableResult
        {
            draw = Convert.ToInt32(parameters.draw),
            recordsTotal = customers.Count,
            recordsFiltered = customers.Count(), //not doing filtering yet
            data = pageCustomers,
            error = ""
        };
    }
}

DataTableParameters.cs

public class DataTableParameters
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Draw counter which is used by data tables to ensure ajax requests are drawn in sequence
    /// </summary>
    public int draw { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Paging first record indicator, the start point of the current data
    /// </summary>
    public int start { get; set; } 
    /// <summary>
    /// Number of records the table is set to display for the current draw
    /// </summary>
    public int length { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Columns to which ordering has been applied
    /// </summary>
    public order[] order { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// List of columns and data sources
    /// </summary>
    public column[] columns { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Global search value, applied to all columns which are searchable: true
    /// </summary>
    public search search { get; set; }
}

DataTableResult.cs

    public class DataTableResult
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Response to the draw from DataTablesParameters, always cast the parameter value to int before returning it to prevent XSS
        /// </summary>
        public int draw { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Total records prior to filtering (in DB)
        /// </summary>
        public int recordsTotal { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// Total records after filtering (not just the number returned from this page of data)
        /// </summary>
        public int recordsFiltered { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// Data to display in table
        /// </summary>
        public object[] data { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// Optional, in the event an error was detected but was found to be recoverable
        /// </summary>
        public string error { get; set; }
    }

order.cs

public class order
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Column index to order
    /// </summary>
    public int column { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Ordering direction
    /// </summary>
    public string dir { get; set; }
}

search.cs

public class search
{
    public string value { get; set; }
    public bool regex { get; set; }
}