DataTables ajax on nested data - json

Question

I am using DataTables ajax to fill a table. I was following this example and it works if my json looks like their example, however my 'data' is a nested object in my json and then it is not able to fill the table because fails in getting the values from the json.
This json works:
{
"data": [
{"id": "myid1", "name": "name1"},
{"id": "myid2", "name": "name2"}
]
}
But my json looks like this, and it does not work
{
"result": {
"data": [
{"id": "myid1", "name": "name1"},
{"id": "myid2", "name": "name2"}
]
}
}
That's my html (which works with the first json):
<table id="myTable" class="tabletable-bordered dataTable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>name</th>
<th>id</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tbody>
</table>
And that's my js:
$('#myTable').DataTable( {
"ajax": "/names",
"processing": true,
"dataSrc" : "result.data",
"columns": [
{ "data": "name" },
{ "data": "id" }
]
} );
As you can see I try to access to my nested data by setting dataSrc to result.data, but nothing is shown in the table.
I cannot change the format of the json response, do you know if then is not possible to use DataTables ajax with this json? Thanks!
MY SOLUTION
Finally (before getting an answer to my post) I went with the following solution, I first make an ajax call and then on success I create my DataTable.
so I only changed my js to this one:
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: '/names',
dataType: "json",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
success: function (data) {
var myData = data.result.data;
$('#myTable').DataTable({
"data": myData,
"columns": [
{ "data": "id" },
{ "data": "name"},
]
});
}
});

Answer 1

I had more complex processing requirements so I implemented my own ajax function but I think you can get away with this:
$('#myTable').DataTable( {
"processing": true,
"ajax": {
"url": "/names",
"dataSrc" : function(jsonObj) {
// Just being safe here
if(!jsonObj.results || !json.results.data) {
return [];
}
return jsonObj.results.data;
}
},
"columns": [
{ "data": "name" },
{ "data": "id" }
]
});
Here is the reference for this: https://datatables.net/reference/option/ajax