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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import React, { useState, ComponentType } from 'react';
+import { Button } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { ApiProvider, ApiRegistry } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
+import { wrapInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
+import { SearchModal } from '../index';
+import { searchApiRef } from '../../apis';
+import { rootRouteRef } from '../../plugin';
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Plugins/Search/SearchModal',
+  component: SearchModal,
+  decorators: [
+    (Story: ComponentType<{}>) =>
+      wrapInTestApp(
+        <>
+          <Story />
+        </>,
+        { mountedRoutes: { '/search': rootRouteRef } },
+      ),
+  ],
+};
+
+const mockSearchApi = {
+  query: () =>
+    Promise.resolve({
+      results: [
+        {
+          type: 'custom-result-item',
+          document: {
+            location: 'search/search-result-1',
+            title: 'Search Result 1',
+            text: 'some text from the search result',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'no-custom-result-item',
+          document: {
+            location: 'search/search-result-2',
+            title: 'Search Result 2',
+            text: 'some text from the search result',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'no-custom-result-item',
+          document: {
+            location: 'search/search-result-3',
+            title: 'Search Result 3',
+            text: 'some text from the search result',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    }),
+};
+
+const apiRegistry = () => ApiRegistry.from([[searchApiRef, mockSearchApi]]);
+
+export const Default = () => {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const toggleModal = (): void => setOpen(prevState => !prevState);
+
+  return (
+    <ApiProvider apis={apiRegistry()}>
+      <Button variant="contained" color="primary" onClick={toggleModal}>
+        Toggle Search Modal
+      </Button>
+      <SearchModal open={open} toggleModal={toggleModal} />
+    </ApiProvider>
+  );
+};