feat(client): make all config initialize-able via search params

client/src/utils/configUtils.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { InspectorConfig } from "@/lib/configurationTypes";
-import { DEFAULT_MCP_PROXY_LISTEN_PORT } from "@/lib/constants";
+import {
+  DEFAULT_MCP_PROXY_LISTEN_PORT,
+  DEFAULT_INSPECTOR_CONFIG,
+} from "@/lib/constants";
 
 export const getMCPProxyAddress = (config: InspectorConfig): string => {
   const proxyFullAddress = config.MCP_PROXY_FULL_ADDRESS.value as string;
@@ -67,3 +70,57 @@ export const getInitialArgs = (): string => {
   if (param) return param;
   return localStorage.getItem("lastArgs") || "";
 };
+
+// Returns a map of config key -> value from query params if present
+export const getConfigOverridesFromQueryParams = (
+  defaultConfig: InspectorConfig,
+): Partial<InspectorConfig> => {
+  const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+  const overrides: Partial<InspectorConfig> = {};
+  for (const key of Object.keys(defaultConfig)) {
+    const param = url.searchParams.get(key);
+    if (param !== null) {
+      // Try to coerce to correct type based on default value
+      const defaultValue = defaultConfig[key as keyof InspectorConfig].value;
+      let value: string | number | boolean = param;
+      if (typeof defaultValue === "number") {
+        value = Number(param);
+      } else if (typeof defaultValue === "boolean") {
+        value = param === "true";
+      }
+      overrides[key as keyof InspectorConfig] = {
+        ...defaultConfig[key as keyof InspectorConfig],
+        value,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  return overrides;
+};
+
+export const initializeInspectorConfig = (
+  localStorageKey: string,
+): InspectorConfig => {
+  const savedConfig = localStorage.getItem(localStorageKey);
+  let baseConfig: InspectorConfig;
+  if (savedConfig) {
+    // merge default config with saved config
+    const mergedConfig = {
+      ...DEFAULT_INSPECTOR_CONFIG,
+      ...JSON.parse(savedConfig),
+    } as InspectorConfig;
+
+    // update description of keys to match the new description (in case of any updates to the default config description)
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(mergedConfig)) {
+      mergedConfig[key as keyof InspectorConfig] = {
+        ...value,
+        label: DEFAULT_INSPECTOR_CONFIG[key as keyof InspectorConfig].label,
+      };
+    }
+    baseConfig = mergedConfig;
+  } else {
+    baseConfig = DEFAULT_INSPECTOR_CONFIG;
+  }
+  // Apply query param overrides
+  const overrides = getConfigOverridesFromQueryParams(DEFAULT_INSPECTOR_CONFIG);
+  return { ...baseConfig, ...overrides };
+};