OAuth support for SSE

client/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector-client",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "description": "Client-side application for the Model Context Protocol inspector",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Anthropic, PBC (https://anthropic.com)",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "preview": "vite preview"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.0.3",
+    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.4.1",
     "@radix-ui/react-icons": "^1.3.0",
     "@radix-ui/react-label": "^2.1.0",
     "@radix-ui/react-select": "^2.1.2",
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "lucide-react": "^0.447.0",
+    "pkce-challenge": "^4.1.0",
     "react": "^18.3.1",
     "react-dom": "^18.3.1",
     "react-toastify": "^10.0.6",

client/src/App.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { useDraggablePane } from "./lib/hooks/useDraggablePane";
-import { useConnection } from "./lib/hooks/useConnection";
 import {
   ClientRequest,
   CompatibilityCallToolResult,
@@ -10,15 +8,17 @@ import {
   ListPromptsResultSchema,
   ListResourcesResultSchema,
   ListResourceTemplatesResultSchema,
-  ReadResourceResultSchema,
   ListToolsResultSchema,
+  ReadResourceResultSchema,
   Resource,
   ResourceTemplate,
   Root,
   ServerNotification,
   Tool,
 } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import React, { Suspense, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useConnection } from "./lib/hooks/useConnection";
+import { useDraggablePane } from "./lib/hooks/useDraggablePane";
 
 import { StdErrNotification } from "./lib/notificationTypes";
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   MessageSquare,
 } from "lucide-react";
 
+import { toast } from "react-toastify";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import "./App.css";
 import ConsoleTab from "./components/ConsoleTab";
@@ -49,6 +50,17 @@ const PROXY_PORT = params.get("proxyPort") ?? "3000";
 const PROXY_SERVER_URL = `http://localhost:${PROXY_PORT}`;
 
 const App = () => {
+  // Handle OAuth callback route
+  if (window.location.pathname === "/oauth/callback") {
+    const OAuthCallback = React.lazy(
+      () => import("./components/OAuthCallback"),
+    );
+    return (
+      <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
+        <OAuthCallback />
+      </Suspense>
+    );
+  }
   const [resources, setResources] = useState<Resource[]>([]);
   const [resourceTemplates, setResourceTemplates] = useState<
     ResourceTemplate[]
@@ -71,8 +83,14 @@ const App = () => {
     return localStorage.getItem("lastArgs") || "";
   });
 
-  const [sseUrl, setSseUrl] = useState<string>("http://localhost:3001/sse");
-  const [transportType, setTransportType] = useState<"stdio" | "sse">("stdio");
+  const [sseUrl, setSseUrl] = useState<string>(() => {
+    return localStorage.getItem("lastSseUrl") || "http://localhost:3001/sse";
+  });
+  const [transportType, setTransportType] = useState<"stdio" | "sse">(() => {
+    return (
+      (localStorage.getItem("lastTransportType") as "stdio" | "sse") || "stdio"
+    );
+  });
   const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState<ServerNotification[]>([]);
   const [stdErrNotifications, setStdErrNotifications] = useState<
     StdErrNotification[]
@@ -190,6 +208,31 @@ const App = () => {
     localStorage.setItem("lastArgs", args);
   }, [args]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    localStorage.setItem("lastSseUrl", sseUrl);
+  }, [sseUrl]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    localStorage.setItem("lastTransportType", transportType);
+  }, [transportType]);
+
+  // Auto-connect if serverUrl is provided in URL params (e.g. after OAuth callback)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const serverUrl = params.get("serverUrl");
+    if (serverUrl) {
+      setSseUrl(serverUrl);
+      setTransportType("sse");
+      // Remove serverUrl from URL without reloading the page
+      const newUrl = new URL(window.location.href);
+      newUrl.searchParams.delete("serverUrl");
+      window.history.replaceState({}, "", newUrl.toString());
+      // Show success toast for OAuth
+      toast.success("Successfully authenticated with OAuth");
+      // Connect to the server
+      connectMcpServer();
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     fetch(`${PROXY_SERVER_URL}/config`)
       .then((response) => response.json())

client/src/components/OAuthCallback.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { handleOAuthCallback } from "../lib/auth";
+import { SESSION_KEYS } from "../lib/constants";
+
+const OAuthCallback = () => {
+  const hasProcessedRef = useRef(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleCallback = async () => {
+      // Skip if we've already processed this callback
+      if (hasProcessedRef.current) {
+        return;
+      }
+      hasProcessedRef.current = true;
+
+      const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+      const code = params.get("code");
+      const serverUrl = sessionStorage.getItem(SESSION_KEYS.SERVER_URL);
+
+      if (!code || !serverUrl) {
+        console.error("Missing code or server URL");
+        window.location.href = "/";
+        return;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        const accessToken = await handleOAuthCallback(serverUrl, code);
+        // Store the access token for future use
+        sessionStorage.setItem(SESSION_KEYS.ACCESS_TOKEN, accessToken);
+        // Redirect back to the main app with server URL to trigger auto-connect
+        window.location.href = `/?serverUrl=${encodeURIComponent(serverUrl)}`;
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("OAuth callback error:", error);
+        window.location.href = "/";
+      }
+    };
+
+    void handleCallback();
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex items-center justify-center h-screen">
+      <p className="text-lg text-gray-500">Processing OAuth callback...</p>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default OAuthCallback;

client/src/lib/auth.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import pkceChallenge from "pkce-challenge";
+import { SESSION_KEYS } from "./constants";
+
+export interface OAuthMetadata {
+  authorization_endpoint: string;
+  token_endpoint: string;
+}
+
+export async function discoverOAuthMetadata(
+  serverUrl: string,
+): Promise<OAuthMetadata> {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL("/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server", serverUrl);
+    const response = await fetch(url.toString());
+
+    if (response.ok) {
+      const metadata = await response.json();
+      return {
+        authorization_endpoint: metadata.authorization_endpoint,
+        token_endpoint: metadata.token_endpoint,
+      };
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn("OAuth metadata discovery failed:", error);
+  }
+
+  // Fall back to default endpoints
+  const baseUrl = new URL(serverUrl);
+  return {
+    authorization_endpoint: new URL("/authorize", baseUrl).toString(),
+    token_endpoint: new URL("/token", baseUrl).toString(),
+  };
+}
+
+export async function startOAuthFlow(serverUrl: string): Promise<string> {
+  // Generate PKCE challenge
+  const challenge = await pkceChallenge();
+  const codeVerifier = challenge.code_verifier;
+  const codeChallenge = challenge.code_challenge;
+
+  // Store code verifier for later use
+  sessionStorage.setItem(SESSION_KEYS.CODE_VERIFIER, codeVerifier);
+
+  // Discover OAuth endpoints
+  const metadata = await discoverOAuthMetadata(serverUrl);
+
+  // Build authorization URL
+  const authUrl = new URL(metadata.authorization_endpoint);
+  authUrl.searchParams.set("response_type", "code");
+  authUrl.searchParams.set("code_challenge", codeChallenge);
+  authUrl.searchParams.set("code_challenge_method", "S256");
+  authUrl.searchParams.set(
+    "redirect_uri",
+    window.location.origin + "/oauth/callback",
+  );
+
+  return authUrl.toString();
+}
+
+export async function handleOAuthCallback(
+  serverUrl: string,
+  code: string,
+): Promise<string> {
+  // Get stored code verifier
+  const codeVerifier = sessionStorage.getItem(SESSION_KEYS.CODE_VERIFIER);
+  if (!codeVerifier) {
+    throw new Error("No code verifier found");
+  }
+
+  // Discover OAuth endpoints
+  const metadata = await discoverOAuthMetadata(serverUrl);
+
+  // Exchange code for tokens
+  const response = await fetch(metadata.token_endpoint, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      grant_type: "authorization_code",
+      code,
+      code_verifier: codeVerifier,
+      redirect_uri: window.location.origin + "/oauth/callback",
+    }),
+  });
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error("Token exchange failed");
+  }
+
+  const data = await response.json();
+  return data.access_token;
+}

client/src/lib/constants.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// OAuth-related session storage keys
+export const SESSION_KEYS = {
+  CODE_VERIFIER: "mcp_code_verifier",
+  SERVER_URL: "mcp_server_url",
+  ACCESS_TOKEN: "mcp_access_token",
+} as const;

client/src/lib/hooks/useConnection.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js";
-import { SSEClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/sse.js";
+import {
+  SSEClientTransport,
+  SseError,
+} from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/sse.js";
 import {
   ClientNotification,
   ClientRequest,
@@ -12,8 +15,10 @@ import {
 } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { toast } from "react-toastify";
-import { Notification, StdErrNotificationSchema } from "../notificationTypes";
 import { z } from "zod";
+import { startOAuthFlow } from "../auth";
+import { SESSION_KEYS } from "../constants";
+import { Notification, StdErrNotificationSchema } from "../notificationTypes";
 
 const DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MSEC = 10000;
 
@@ -144,7 +149,20 @@ export function useConnection({
         backendUrl.searchParams.append("url", sseUrl);
       }
 
-      const clientTransport = new SSEClientTransport(backendUrl);
+      const headers: HeadersInit = {};
+      const accessToken = sessionStorage.getItem(SESSION_KEYS.ACCESS_TOKEN);
+      if (accessToken) {
+        headers["Authorization"] = `Bearer ${accessToken}`;
+      }
+
+      const clientTransport = new SSEClientTransport(backendUrl, {
+        eventSourceInit: {
+          fetch: (url, init) => fetch(url, { ...init, headers }),
+        },
+        requestInit: {
+          headers,
+        },
+      });
 
       if (onNotification) {
         client.setNotificationHandler(
@@ -160,7 +178,20 @@ export function useConnection({
         );
       }
 
-      await client.connect(clientTransport);
+      try {
+        await client.connect(clientTransport);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Failed to connect to MCP server:", error);
+        if (error instanceof SseError && error.code === 401) {
+          // Store the server URL for the callback handler
+          sessionStorage.setItem(SESSION_KEYS.SERVER_URL, sseUrl);
+          const redirectUrl = await startOAuthFlow(sseUrl);
+          window.location.href = redirectUrl;
+          return;
+        }
+
+        throw error;
+      }
 
       const capabilities = client.getServerCapabilities();
       setServerCapabilities(capabilities ?? null);

client/vite.config.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
 import path from "path";
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
-import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
 
 // https://vitejs.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
+  server: {},
   resolve: {
     alias: {
       "@": path.resolve(__dirname, "./src"),