JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="modal fade " id="basicModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="basicModal" aria-hidden="true" style="display: none;">
      <div class="modal-dialog modal-sm">
        <div class="modal-content">
          <div class="modal-header">
            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
            <h4 class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Basic Modal</h4>
          </div>
          <div class="modal-body">
            <h3>Modal Body</h3>
          </div>
          <div class="modal-footer">
            <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
            <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

<div class="row text-center">
            <h3>The Basic Modal</h3>
            <a href="#" class="btn btn-lg btn-success" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#basicModal">Click to open Modal</a>
    </div>

JavaScript

var options = {
    "backdrop" : "static",
    "keyboard" : false,
    "show" : true
}

$('#basicModal').modal(options);
$('#myModalLabel').html('New Header');
$('.modal-body').html('<h1>New Body</h1>');