Lightning Component

dataTableSampleRest.cmp

<aura:component implements="flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes,flexipage:availableForRecordHome,force:hasRecordId" access="global" controller="dataTableSampleREST">
    <!-- attributes -->
    <aura:attribute name="recordId" type="String"></aura:attribute>
    <aura:attribute name="mydata" type="Object"></aura:attribute>
    <aura:attribute name="mycolumns" type="List"></aura:attribute>
    <aura:attribute name="noResults" type="String"></aura:attribute>
    <!-- handlers-->
    <aura:handler name="init" value="{! this }" action="{! c.init }"></aura:handler>

    <article aura:id="gridContainer" class="slds-card slds-card_boundary">
        <lightning:card title="Documents" iconName="standard:document">
            <div class="slds-card__header slds-grid">
                <aura:if isTrue="{!not(empty(v.mydata))}" >
                    <!-- the container element determine the height of the datatable -->
                    <lightning:datatable keyField="id"
                            data="{! v.mydata }"
                            columns="{! v.mycolumns }"
                            hideCheckboxColumn="true"
                            sortable="false"
                            onrowaction="{!c.getDocument}"></lightning:datatable>
                </aura:if>
                <aura:if isTrue="{!empty(v.mydata)}" >
                    <p>{!v.noResults}</p>
                </aura:if>
            </div>
        </lightning:card>
    </article>
</aura:component>