[Python] ImportError: No module named html when using import html in Python [duplicate]

I'm running into an issue trying to use the html module in Python. Here's the line that's causing the problem:

import html


When I run the script, I get this error:

ImportError: No module named html


I expected this to work since I saw html.escape() mentioned in a few examples online. I'm trying to escape some strings for safe HTML output (e.g., converting to <div>), but it fails at the import.

A few details:

I'm currently using Python 2.7 (yes, I know it's outdated — working with legacy code here).

I've double-checked and I don't have any file named html.py in my working directory.

Ideally, I want a solution that works with Python 2, but I'm open to hearing about how this would be handled in Python 3 as well.

Is there a workaround or an alternative module I can use in Python 2 to achieve the same thing?

Thanks in advance!

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