[Python] Export rotable 3D plots from Python to HTML

I need to export a rotable 3D plot to HTML, just like WriteWebGL does in R, but from Python / matplotlib.

When ran in a Jupyter notebook, you can generate a in interactive plot like this:

%matplotlib inline
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
...
ax.scatter3D(xdata, ydata, zdata, c=zdata, cmap='Greens');


(source code for this sample here)

As noted, 3D plots can be rotated by the user. How can I get this interactivity exported to HTML from Python?

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