Use columns.render
API method to dynamically produce content for a cell.
$('#example').dataTable({
"data": responseObj,
"columns": [
{ "data": "information" },
{
"data": "weblink",
"render": function(data, type, row, meta){
if(type === 'display'){
data="<a href="" + data + '">' + data + '</a>';
}
return data;
}
}
]
});
See this example for code and demonstration.