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+import React from 'react';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
+import Wrapper from './Wrapper';
+import { configureStore } from '../../store/configureStore';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import { store } from '../../store/store';
+import { setDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import {
+  ArrayDataFrame,
+  DataQueryResponse,
+  DataSourceApi,
+  DataSourceInstanceSettings,
+  FieldType,
+  QueryEditorProps,
+  ScopedVars,
+} from '@grafana/data';
+import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
+
+import { setTimeSrv } from '../dashboard/services/TimeSrv';
+import { from, Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { updateLocation } from '../../core/reducers/location';
+import { LokiDatasource } from '../../plugins/datasource/loki/datasource';
+import { LokiQuery } from '../../plugins/datasource/loki/types';
+import { fromPairs } from 'lodash';
+
+type Mock = jest.Mock;
+
+jest.mock('react-virtualized-auto-sizer', () => {
+  return {
+    __esModule: true,
+    default: (props: any) => <div>{props.children({ width: 1000 })}</div>,
+  };
+});
+
+describe('Wrapper', () => {
+  it('shows warning if there are no data sources', async () => {
+    setup({ datasources: [] });
+    // Will throw if isn't found
+    screen.getByText(/Explore requires at least one data source/i);
+  });
+
+  it('inits url and renders editor but does not call query on empty url', async () => {
+    const { datasources } = setup();
+
+    // Wait for rendering the editor
+    await screen.findByText(/Editor/i);
+
+    // At this point url should be initialised to some defaults
+    expect(store.getState().location.query).toEqual({
+      orgId: '1',
+      left: JSON.stringify(['now-1h', 'now', 'loki', {}]),
+    });
+    expect(datasources.loki.query).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('runs query when url contains query and renders results', async () => {
+    const query = { left: JSON.stringify(['now-1h', 'now', 'loki', { expr: '{ label="value"}' }]) };
+    const { datasources } = setup({ query });
+    (datasources.loki.query as Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(makeLogsQueryResponse());
+
+    // Make sure we render the logs panel
+    await screen.findByText(/^Logs$/i);
+
+    // Make sure we render the log line
+    await screen.findByText(/custom log line/i);
+
+    // And that the editor gets the expr from the url
+    await screen.findByText(`loki Editor input: { label="value"}`);
+
+    // We did not change the url
+    expect(store.getState().location.query).toEqual({
+      orgId: '1',
+      ...query,
+    });
+
+    // We called the data source query method once
+    expect(datasources.loki.query).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    expect((datasources.loki.query as Mock).mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      targets: [{ expr: '{ label="value"}' }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('handles url change and runs the new query', async () => {
+    const query = { left: JSON.stringify(['now-1h', 'now', 'loki', { expr: '{ label="value"}' }]) };
+    const { datasources } = setup({ query });
+    (datasources.loki.query as Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(makeLogsQueryResponse());
+    // Wait for rendering the logs
+    await screen.findByText(/custom log line/i);
+
+    (datasources.loki.query as Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(makeLogsQueryResponse('different log'));
+    store.dispatch(
+      updateLocation({
+        path: '/explore',
+        query: { left: JSON.stringify(['now-1h', 'now', 'loki', { expr: '{ label="different"}' }]) },
+      })
+    );
+
+    // Editor renders the new query
+    await screen.findByText(`loki Editor input: { label="different"}`);
+    // Renders new response
+    await screen.findByText(/different log/i);
+  });
+
+  it('handles url change and runs the new query with different datasource', async () => {
+    const query = { left: JSON.stringify(['now-1h', 'now', 'loki', { expr: '{ label="value"}' }]) };
+    const { datasources } = setup({ query });
+    (datasources.loki.query as Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(makeLogsQueryResponse());
+    // Wait for rendering the logs
+    await screen.findByText(/custom log line/i);
+
+    (datasources.elastic.query as Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(makeMetricsQueryResponse());
+    store.dispatch(
+      updateLocation({
+        path: '/explore',
+        query: { left: JSON.stringify(['now-1h', 'now', 'elastic', { expr: 'other query' }]) },
+      })
+    );
+
+    // Editor renders the new query
+    await screen.findByText(`loki Editor input: other query`);
+    // Renders graph
+    await screen.findByText(/Graph/i);
+  });
+
+  it('handles changing the datasource manually', async () => {
+    const { datasources } = setup();
+    // Wait for rendering the editor
+    await screen.findByText(/Editor/i);
+    await changeDatasource('elastic');
+
+    await screen.findByText('elastic Editor input:');
+    expect(datasources.elastic.query).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('opens the split pane', async () => {
+    const { datasources } = setup();
+    // Wait for rendering the editor
+    const splitButton = await screen.findByText(/split/i);
+    fireEvent.click(splitButton);
+    const editors = await screen.findAllByText('loki Editor input:');
+
+    expect(editors.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(datasources.loki.query).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('inits with two panes if specified in url', async () => {
+    const query = {
+      left: JSON.stringify(['now-1h', 'now', 'loki', { expr: '{ label="value"}' }]),
+      right: JSON.stringify(['now-1h', 'now', 'elastic', { expr: 'error' }]),
+    };
+
+    const { datasources } = setup({ query });
+    (datasources.loki.query as Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(makeLogsQueryResponse());
+    (datasources.elastic.query as Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(makeLogsQueryResponse());
+
+    // Make sure we render the logs panel
+    const logsPanels = await screen.findAllByText(/^Logs$/i);
+    expect(logsPanels.length).toBe(2);
+
+    // Make sure we render the log line
+    const logsLines = await screen.findAllByText(/custom log line/i);
+    expect(logsLines.length).toBe(2);
+
+    // And that the editor gets the expr from the url
+    await screen.findByText(`loki Editor input: { label="value"}`);
+    await screen.findByText(`elastic Editor input: error`);
+
+    // We did not change the url
+    expect(store.getState().location.query).toEqual({
+      orgId: '1',
+      ...query,
+    });
+
+    // We called the data source query method once
+    expect(datasources.loki.query).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    expect((datasources.loki.query as Mock).mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      targets: [{ expr: '{ label="value"}' }],
+    });
+
+    expect(datasources.elastic.query).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    expect((datasources.elastic.query as Mock).mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      targets: [{ expr: 'error' }],
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+type DatasourceSetup = { settings: DataSourceInstanceSettings; api: DataSourceApi };
+type SetupOptions = {
+  datasources?: DatasourceSetup[];
+  query?: any;
+};
+function setup(options?: SetupOptions): { datasources: { [name: string]: DataSourceApi } } {
+  // Clear this up otherwise it persists data source selection
+  // TODO: probably add test for that too
+  window.localStorage.clear();
+
+  // Create this here so any mocks are recreated on setup and don't retain state
+  const defaultDatasources: DatasourceSetup[] = [makeDatasourceSetup(), makeDatasourceSetup({ name: 'elastic' })];
+
+  const dsSettings = options?.datasources || defaultDatasources;
+
+  setDataSourceSrv({
+    getExternal(): DataSourceInstanceSettings[] {
+      return dsSettings.map(d => d.settings);
+    },
+
+    get(name?: string | null, scopedVars?: ScopedVars): Promise<DataSourceApi> {
+      return Promise.resolve((name ? dsSettings.find(d => d.api.name === name) : dsSettings[0])!.api);
+    },
+  } as any);
+
+  setTimeSrv({
+    init() {},
+    getValidIntervals(intervals: string[]): string[] {
+      return intervals;
+    },
+  } as any);
+
+  configureStore();
+  store.getState().user = {
+    orgId: 1,
+    timeZone: 'utc',
+  };
+
+  if (options?.query) {
+    // We have to dispatch cause right now we take the url state from the action not from the store
+    store.dispatch(updateLocation({ query: options.query, path: '/explore' }));
+  }
+
+  render(
+    <Provider store={store}>
+      <Wrapper />
+    </Provider>
+  );
+  return { datasources: fromPairs(dsSettings.map(d => [d.api.name, d.api])) };
+}
+
+function makeDatasourceSetup({ name = 'loki' }: { name?: string } = {}): DatasourceSetup {
+  const meta: any = {
+    info: {
+      logos: {
+        small: '',
+      },
+    },
+    id: '1',
+  };
+  return {
+    settings: {
+      id: 1,
+      uid: name,
+      type: 'logs',
+      name,
+      meta,
+      jsonData: {},
+    },
+    api: {
+      components: {
+        QueryEditor: (props: QueryEditorProps<LokiDatasource, LokiQuery>) => (
+          <div>
+            {name} Editor input: {props.query.expr}
+          </div>
+        ),
+      },
+      name: name,
+      query: jest.fn(),
+      meta,
+    } as any,
+  };
+}
+
+function makeLogsQueryResponse(marker = ''): Observable<DataQueryResponse> {
+  const df = new ArrayDataFrame([{ ts: Date.now(), line: `custom log line ${marker}` }]);
+  df.meta = {
+    preferredVisualisationType: 'logs',
+  };
+  df.fields[0].type = FieldType.time;
+  return from([{ data: [df] }]);
+}
+
+function makeMetricsQueryResponse(): Observable<DataQueryResponse> {
+  const df = new ArrayDataFrame([{ ts: Date.now(), val: 1 }]);
+  df.fields[0].type = FieldType.time;
+  return from([{ data: [df] }]);
+}
+
+async function changeDatasource(name: string) {
+  const datasourcePicker = (await screen.findByLabelText(selectors.components.DataSourcePicker.container)).children[0];
+  fireEvent.keyDown(datasourcePicker, { keyCode: 40 });
+  const option = screen.getByText(name);
+  fireEvent.click(option);
+}