AttributeError: ‘htmlparser’ object has no attribute ‘unescape’ error occurs because HTMLParser.unescape was deprecated and removed in Python 3.9.
To fix this error, here are three solutions:
- Upgrade setuptools
- Upgrade pip
- Using HTML module
Why does the error occur?
- Changes in Python standard library (Changes in Python 3.9)
- Misuse of the HTMLParser class
- Alternative ways to unescape HTML entities
- Version mismatch
- Outdated code or libraries
How to fix the error?
Solution 1: Upgrading the setuptools package
pip install --upgrade setuptools
Solution 2: Upgrading the pip
pip install --upgrade pip
Solution 3: Using the HTML module
If you are looking to use the ‘unescape’ function to decode HTML entities, you should use it from the html module.
import html
escaped_string = "Hello & World"
unescaped_string = html.unescape(escaped_string)
print(unescaped_string)
Output
Hello & World
That’s it!
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