Comment by bigbezet

I don't think having the server render the table HTML and you injecting it is a good idea. You rely on the server returning valid HTML. What if the server has downtime, and returns a 200 response but with a "maintenance mode" page, or something similar? Having it render only on a successful response and correct parsing of JSON data is more reliable. You also start complicating things in terms of separation of concerns. You potentially have to adapt any styling considerations in your API, for instance if the table needs a class adding to it. Overall, not a good idea, imho.