I'm trying to link the items from a specific column, but each one will be linked for a different id from the json string. Unfortunately I can't find a way to do this using the API (I know there is a lot of ways to do that without using the API ), but I'm looking for a way to link a item from a column (each one with a link for a specific id).

So here is my code, I use getJSON to get the JSON from the server, and I load the data from this JSON to the table like this:

$.getJSON("/method/from/server/", function(data)
    {
        var total = 0;
        $("#table_body").empty();
        var oTable = $('#mytable').dataTable(
            {
                "sPaginationType" : "full_numbers",
                "aaSorting": [[ 0, "asc" ]]
            }); 

        oTable.fnClearTable();

        $.each(data, function(i, item) 
        {
            oTable.fnAddData(
                [
                    item.contact_name,
                    item.contact_email
                ]
            );
        });
    });

What I want to do, is for each row, link the contact_name to its id, which is also in the JSON, and can be accessed inside this $.each loop by using item.contact_id.

Is there a way to do this using DataTables API, if yes, could you explain me and provide a good resource that will help me with this?

Thanks.