Has anybody had any luck using input.js plugin with bootstrap 3 and datatables 1.10

Good evening all,
I am quite new to working with web projects and datatable so go easy on me
I currently have a local project using datatables 1.10 with bootstrap 3, I would like to use the input.js pagination plugin: https://datatables.net/plug-ins/pagination/input

I need to somehow work out a way of creating the elements with the correct class name and as <li> elements instead of <span> elements but have not had much luck as of yet.

There is a working version for legacy but I have not had any luck with the new version of datatables: https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/comment/77724/#Comment_77724

has anyone had any luck with this or would be able to offer me any hints on how I could achieve this?

thanks.