---
page_type: sample
products:
- office-sp
languages:
- javascript
- typescript
extensions:
  contentType: samples
  technologies:
  - SharePoint Framework
  platforms:
  - React
  createdDate: 1/1/2016 12:00:00 AM
---
# Search Client-Side Web Part built with React and Flux

## Summary

Sample Search Web Part with internal and external template support. This sample illustrates how you can use React and Flux within the SharePoint Framework.

![Sample of the search web part](./assets/preview.png)

## Used SharePoint Framework Version
![drop](https://img.shields.io/badge/drop-GA-green.svg)

## Applies to

* [SharePoint Framework Developer Preview](https://docs.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dev/spfx/sharepoint-framework-overview)
* [Office 365 developer tenant](https://docs.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dev/spfx/set-up-your-developer-tenant)

## Solution

Solution|Author(s)
--------|---------
react-search-wp|Elio Struyf (MVP, U2U, [@eliostruyf](https://twitter.com/eliostruyf))

## Version history

Version|Date|Comments
-------|----|--------
0.0.4|September 08, 2016|Initial release
0.0.5|September 27, 2016|Updates for drop 4. Added the ability to use various search tokens. Plus a logging field to watch search calls.
0.0.6|October 19, 2016|Updates for drop 5.
0.1.0|January 18, 2017|Updates to support RC0.
1.0.0|February 28, 2017|Updates to support GA.

## Disclaimer
**THIS CODE IS PROVIDED *AS IS* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.**

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## Minimal Path to Awesome

- Clone this repo
- In the command line run:
  - `npm install`
  - `tsd install`
  - `gulp serve`
  - Open the *workbench* on your Office 365 Developer tenant
  - Test out the web part

## Features

The search web part is a sample client-side web part built on the SharePoint Framework. The web part makes use of React and the Flux pattern.

The web part has built-in templating support for internal (created within the project) and external (loaded from a URL) templates.

When adding your query you are able to make use of the following tokens: {Today}, {Today+Number}, {Today-Number}, {CurrentDisplayLanguage}, {User}, {User.Name}, {User.Email}, {Site}, {SiteCollection}.

**Internal templates**

Internal templates can be found in the [templates]('./src/webparts/templates') folder. You can start building your own templates by using one of the provided samples.

![Internal template settings](./assets/internal.png)

**External templates**

External templates can be loaded from an URL.

![External template settings](./assets/external.png)

If you want to test out this functionality, you can find a couple of sample templates in the [external templates]('./external_templates') folder. Upload one of these templates to your site, copy the file location and past it in the textbox.

> There is a sample project which you can use to create your own external templates. You can find it here: [Search WP SPFx Template Generator](https://github.com/estruyf/search-wp-spfx-templategenerator).

This Web Part illustrates the following concepts on top of the SharePoint Framework:

- using React and the Flux pattern with TypeScript for building SharePoint Framework Client-Side Web Parts
- loading CSS stylesheets from CDN
- using non-reactive Web Part Property Pane
- loading external templates to render
- loading scripts and stylesheets which are required in the external template (example: loading jQuery or a custom stylesheet).

<img src="https://telemetry.sharepointpnp.com/sp-dev-fx-webparts/samples/react-search" />