Here I provide some code so that it will be conceptually clear.

Here I declare some states so that we can use these for paging or data loading

const [data, setData] = useState(carStocks);
const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
const [total, setTotal] = useState(0);

Define your method that will call api and set data using setData

function changePage(newTableState) {
    let state = {
        ...tableState, ...newTableState,
        pageNo: newTableState.page + 1,
        pageSize: newTableState.rowsPerPage,
        searchText: newTableState.searchText
    };
    setTableState(state);
    // CALL API with state parameter
    // setData(data);
    // setPage(page);
    // setTotal(total);
}

Here you declare your columns

const columns = [
   {
        name: 'name',
        label: 'Name',
        options: {
            filter: false,
            sort: false,
            viewColumns: true
        }
    },
    {
        name: 'title',
        label: 'TITLE',
        options: {
            filter: false,
            sort: false,
            viewColumns: true
        }
    },
];

Here you declare your options. In options you must use serverSide: true and if you use serverSide: true then you must bind count, page, rowsPerPage with the value based on data size found from api.

const options = {
        serverSide: true,
        count: total,
        page: page,
        rowsPerPage: tableState.pageSize,
        selectableRows: 'multiple',
        searchText: tableState.searchText,
        searchPlaceholder: 'Type Car Title to Search',
        textLabels: {
            body: {
                noMatch: loading ?
                    <CircularProgress color='secondary' size={40} /> :
                    'SORRY_THERE_IS_NO_MATCHING_DATA_TO_DISPLAY'
            }
        },
        onTableChange: (action, newTableState) => {
            switch (action) {
                case 'changePage':
                case 'changeRowsPerPage':
                    changePage(newTableState);
                    break;
                case 'search':
                    changePage(newTableState);
                    break;
                case 'filterChange':
                    handleFilterSubmit(newTableState.filterList);
                    break;
            }
        }
    };

Finally you can use data, columns and options

<MUIDataTable data={data} columns={columns} options={options} />

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