@empathyco/x-components/docs/API-reference/api/x-components.xactioncontext.dispatch_1.md

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## XActionContext.dispatch() method

**Signature:**

```typescript
dispatch<ActionName extends keyof Actions>(action: ActionName, payload: ExtractPayload<Actions[ActionName]>): ExtractActionReturn<Actions[ActionName]>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  action | ActionName |  |
|  payload | [ExtractPayload](./x-components.extractpayload.md)<!-- -->&lt;Actions\[ActionName\]&gt; |  |

**Returns:**

[ExtractActionReturn](./x-components.extractactionreturn.md)<!-- -->&lt;Actions\[ActionName\]&gt;