You can set the serializer to be used by DataTables using setSerializer
api. Serializer should be used with setTransformer
api.
use DataTables;
Route::get('user-data', function() {
$model = App\User::query();
return DataTables::eloquent($model)
->setTransformer(new App\Transformers\UserTransformer)
->setSerializer(new App\Serializers\CustomSerializer)
->toJson();
});