diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7617d94..080f192 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 name = "letterbox"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "log",
  "seed",
  "wasm-bindgen-test",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9c63714..ad34c2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3.18"
 
 [dependencies]
+log = "0.4.14"
 seed = "0.8.0"
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fde0edf..52784dd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // but some rules are too "annoying" or are not applicable for your case.)
 #![allow(clippy::wildcard_imports)]
 
+use log::info;
 use seed::{prelude::*, *};
 
 // ------ ------
@@ -28,19 +29,48 @@ struct Model {
 // ------ ------
 
 // (Remove the line below once any of your `Msg` variants doesn't implement `Copy`.)
-#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 // `Msg` describes the different events you can modify state with.
 enum Msg {
     Increment,
+    SearchRequest(String),
+    // TODO(wathiede): replace String with serde json decoded struct
+    SearchResult(fetch::Result<String>),
 }
 
 // `update` describes how to handle each `Msg`.
-fn update(msg: Msg, model: &mut Model, _: &mut impl Orders<Msg>) {
+fn update(msg: Msg, model: &mut Model, orders: &mut impl Orders<Msg>) {
     match msg {
         Msg::Increment => model.counter += 1,
+        Msg::SearchRequest(query) => {
+            orders
+                .skip()
+                .perform_cmd(async { Msg::SearchResult(search_request(query).await) });
+        }
+
+        Msg::SearchResult(Ok(response_data)) => {
+            info!("fetch ok {}", response_data);
+        }
+
+        Msg::SearchResult(Err(fetch_error)) => {
+            info!("fetch failed {:?}", fetch_error);
+        }
     }
 }
 
+async fn search_request(query: String) -> fetch::Result<String> {
+    Request::new(get_search_request_url(query))
+        .method(Method::Get)
+        .fetch()
+        .await?
+        .check_status()?
+        .json()
+        .await
+}
+
+fn get_search_request_url(query: String) -> String {
+    format!("http://localhost:1234/search?q={}", query)
+}
+
 // ------ ------
 //     View
 // ------ ------
@@ -48,9 +78,12 @@ fn update(msg: Msg, model: &mut Model, _: &mut impl Orders<Msg>) {
 // `view` describes what to display.
 fn view(model: &Model) -> Node<Msg> {
     div![
-        "This is a counter: ",
+        "Modified This is a counter: ",
         C!["counter"],
-        button![model.counter, ev(Ev::Click, |_| Msg::Increment),],
+        button![
+            model.counter,
+            ev(Ev::Click, |_| Msg::SearchRequest("hello".to_string()))
+        ],
     ]
 }