Construct the dictionary mapping of parameters.
        Encodes the dictionary into JSON if for json requests.
        Helps appending 'data.' prefix to the plaintext data: 'hello' => 'data.hello'

        :return constructed dict or JSON payload
        :raises GCMInvalidTtlException: if time_to_live is invalid

def construct_payload(self, registration_ids, data=None, collapse_key=None,
                          delay_while_idle=False, time_to_live=None, is_json=True, dry_run=False):
        """
        Construct the dictionary mapping of parameters.
        Encodes the dictionary into JSON if for json requests.
        Helps appending 'data.' prefix to the plaintext data: 'hello' => 'data.hello'

        :return constructed dict or JSON payload
        :raises GCMInvalidTtlException: if time_to_live is invalid
        """

        if time_to_live:
            if not (0 <= time_to_live <= self.GCM_TTL):
                raise GCMInvalidTtlException("Invalid time to live value")

        payload = {}
        if is_json:
            payload['registration_ids'] = registration_ids
            if data:
                payload['data'] = data
        else:
            payload['registration_id'] = registration_ids
            if data:
                for key, value in data.items():
                    payload['data.%s' % key] = value

        if delay_while_idle:
            payload['delay_while_idle'] = delay_while_idle

        if time_to_live:
            payload['time_to_live'] = time_to_live

        if collapse_key:
            payload['collapse_key'] = collapse_key

        if dry_run:
            payload['dry_run'] = True

        if is_json:
            payload = json.dumps(payload)

        return payload