effects, access the current state of the store, and dispatch new actions, as if it were a ReSwift middleware. let thunk = Thunk<AppState> { dispatch, getState in if getState!.loading { return } dispatch(RequestStart()) api.getSomething() { something in if something != nil { dispatch(RequestSuccess(something)) } else { dispatch(RequestError()) } } } // As the thunk type conforms to the `Action` protocol, you can dispatch it as usual, without having to implement an overload of the `dispatch` function inside the ReSwift library. store.dispatch(thunk)