Consider for example:
<table id="example">
<thead>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th>Column 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
<th>Column 4</th>
</thead>
</table>
Applying $('#example').dataTable({ "sPaginationType": "full_numbers"});
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If you have the data from the webservice, then simply append the data by forming exact string of tr's & td's and append like
$("#example").append('<tr><td>Data</td><td>Data</td></tr>');
and then apply
$('#example').dataTable({ "sPaginationType": "full_numbers"});