React props - set isRequired on a prop if another prop is null / empty

Solution 1:

You don't need another library, 'prop-types' provides this out of the box. See https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/typechecking-with-proptypes.html

Example:

import PropTypes from 'prop-types';

//.......    

ExampleComponent.propTypes = {
    showDelete: PropTypes.bool,
    handleDelete: function(props, propName, componentName) {
        if ((props['showDelete'] == true && (props[propName] == undefined || typeof(props[propName]) != 'function'))) {
            return new Error('Please provide a handleDelete function!');
        }
    },

}

Solution 2:

This may be exactly what you need: https://github.com/thejameskyle/react-required-if

In your case, your propTypes would be:

import requiredIf from 'react-required-if';

Button.propTypes = {
    /** icon inside Button. */
    icon: React.PropTypes.object,
    /** Content inside button */
    children: React.PropTypes.node,
    /** Aria-label to screen readers */
    ariaLabel: requiredIf(React.PropTypes.string, props => !props.children), /*isRequired if children is empty */
};