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PropTypes in functional stateless component


The official docs show how to do this with ES6 component classes, but the same applies for stateless functional components.

Firstly, npm install / yarn add the prop-types package if you haven't already.

Then, add your propTypes (and defaultProps too if required) after the stateless functional component has been defined, before you export it.

import React from "react";import PropTypes from "prop-types";const Header = ({ name }) => <div>hi {name}</div>;Header.propTypes = {  name: PropTypes.string};// Same approach for defaultProps tooHeader.defaultProps = {  name: "Alan"};export default Header;


It isn't different with the stateful, You can add it like:

import PropTypes from 'prop-types';Header.propTypes = {  title: PropTypes.string}

Here is a link to prop-types npm


Same way you do in class based components:

   import PropTypes from 'prop-types';   const funcName = (props) => {       ...   }   funcName.propTypes = {       propName: PropTypes.string.isRequired   }

Note: You might have to install prop-types via npm install prop-types or yarn add prop-types, depending on the React version you are using.