diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/number.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/number.js
index 5a99692..3b946cf 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/number.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/number.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint react/require-default-props: 0 */
 /* eslint no-return-assign: 0 */
 
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
@@ -30,12 +31,23 @@ class NumberFilter extends Component {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    const { column, onFilter } = this.props;
+    const { column, onFilter, getFilterBy } = this.props;
     const comparator = this.numberFilterComparator.value;
     const number = this.numberFilter.value;
     if (comparator && number) {
       onFilter(column, FILTER_TYPE.NUMBER)({ number, comparator });
     }
+
+    // export onFilter function to allow users to access
+    if (getFilterBy) {
+      getFilterBy((filterVal) => {
+        this.setState(() => ({ isSelected: (filterVal !== '') }));
+        onFilter(column, FILTER_TYPE.NUMBER)({
+          number: filterVal.number,
+          comparator: filterVal.comparator
+        });
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
@@ -224,7 +236,8 @@ NumberFilter.propTypes = {
   comparatorStyle: PropTypes.object,
   comparatorClassName: PropTypes.string,
   numberStyle: PropTypes.object,
-  numberClassName: PropTypes.string
+  numberClassName: PropTypes.string,
+  getFilterBy: PropTypes.func
 };
 
 NumberFilter.defaultProps = {
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/select.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/select.js
index 852938c..8ba74b2 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/select.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/select.js
@@ -25,9 +25,19 @@ class SelectFilter extends Component {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
+    const { column, onFilter, getFilterBy } = this.props;
+
     const value = this.selectInput.value;
     if (value && value !== '') {
-      this.props.onFilter(this.props.column, FILTER_TYPE.SELECT)(value);
+      onFilter(column, FILTER_TYPE.SELECT)(value);
+    }
+
+    // export onFilter function to allow users to access
+    if (getFilterBy) {
+      getFilterBy((filterVal) => {
+        this.setState(() => ({ isSelected: filterVal !== '' }));
+        onFilter(column, FILTER_TYPE.SELECT)(filterVal);
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@ class SelectFilter extends Component {
       comparator,
       withoutEmptyOption,
       caseSensitive,
+      getFilterBy,
       ...rest
     } = this.props;
 
@@ -121,7 +132,8 @@ SelectFilter.propTypes = {
   className: PropTypes.string,
   withoutEmptyOption: PropTypes.bool,
   defaultValue: PropTypes.any,
-  caseSensitive: PropTypes.bool
+  caseSensitive: PropTypes.bool,
+  getFilterBy: PropTypes.func
 };
 
 SelectFilter.defaultProps = {
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/text.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/text.js
index 154f308..65b6c7d 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/text.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/text.js
@@ -19,13 +19,20 @@ class TextFilter extends Component {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    const { onFilter } = this.props;
-
+    const { onFilter, getFilterBy, column } = this.props;
     const defaultValue = this.input.value;
 
     if (defaultValue) {
       onFilter(this.props.column, FILTER_TYPE.TEXT)(defaultValue);
     }
+
+    // export onFilter function to allow users to access
+    if (getFilterBy) {
+      getFilterBy((filterVal) => {
+        this.setState(() => ({ value: filterVal }));
+        onFilter(column, FILTER_TYPE.TEXT)(filterVal);
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ class TextFilter extends Component {
       onFilter,
       caseSensitive,
       defaultValue,
+      getFilterBy,
       ...rest
     } = this.props;
 
@@ -110,7 +118,8 @@ TextFilter.propTypes = {
   placeholder: PropTypes.string,
   style: PropTypes.object,
   className: PropTypes.string,
-  caseSensitive: PropTypes.bool
+  caseSensitive: PropTypes.bool,
+  getFilterBy: PropTypes.func
 };
 
 TextFilter.defaultProps = {