diff --git a/apns2/payload.py b/apns2/payload.py
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+MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE = 4096
+
+
+class PayloadAlert(object):
+    def __init__(self, title=None, title_localized_key=None, title_localized_args=None,
+                 body=None, body_localized_key=None, body_localized_args=None,
+                 action_localized_key=None,
+                 launch_image=None
+                 ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.title = title
+        self.title_localized_key = title_localized_key
+        self.title_localized_args = title_localized_args
+        self.body = body
+        self.body_localized_key = body_localized_key
+        self.body_localized_args = body_localized_args
+        self.action_localized_key = action_localized_key
+        self.launch_image = launch_image
+
+    def dict(self):
+        result = {}
+
+        if self.title:
+            result['title'] = self.title
+        if self.title_localized_key:
+            result['title-loc-key'] = self.title_localized_key
+        if self.title_localized_args:
+            result['title-loc-args'] = self.title_localized_args
+
+        if self.body:
+            result['body'] = self.body
+        if self.body_localized_key:
+            result['loc-key'] = self.body_localized_key
+        if self.body_localized_args:
+            result['loc-args'] = self.body_localized_args
+
+        if self.action_localized_key:
+            result['action-loc-key'] = self.action_localized_key
+
+        if self.launch_image:
+            result['launch-image'] = self.launch_image
+
+        return result
+
+
+class Payload(object):
+    def __init__(self, alert=None, badge=None, sound=None, content_available=None, category=None, custom=None):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.alert = alert
+        self.badge = badge
+        self.sound = sound
+        self.content_available = content_available
+        self.category = category
+        self.custom = custom
+
+    def dict(self):
+        result = {
+            'aps': {}
+        }
+        if self.alert:
+            if self.alert is PayloadAlert:
+                result['aps']['alert'] = self.alert.dict()
+            else:
+                result['aps']['alert'] = self.alert
+        if self.badge:
+            result['aps']['badge'] = self.badge
+        if self.sound:
+            result['aps']['sound'] = self.sound
+        if self.content_available:
+            result['aps']['content-available'] = 1
+        if self.category:
+            result['aps']['category'] = self.category
+        if self.custom:
+            result.update(self.custom)
+
+        return result
diff --git a/apns2/payload.pyi b/apns2/payload.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e77e7c2
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+++ b/apns2/payload.pyi
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+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+
+class PayloadAlert(object):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 title: Optional[str] = None,
+                 title_localized_key: Optional[str] = None,
+                 title_localized_args: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+                 body: Optional[str] = None,
+                 body_localized_key: Optional[str] = None,
+                 body_localized_args: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+                 action_localized_key: Optional[str] = None,
+                 launch_image: Optional[str] = None
+                 ) -> None: ...
+
+    def dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]: ...
+
+class Payload(object):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 alert: Union[PayloadAlert, str, None] = None,
+                 badge: Optional[int] = None,
+                 sound: Optional[str] = None,
+                 content_available: Optional[bool] = None,
+                 category: Optional[str] = None,
+                 custom: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None: ...
+
+    def dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]: ...