python: unescape HTML
by hackprime
#!python
import re
from htmlentitydefs import name2codepoint
def htmlentitydecode(string):
return re.sub(
'&(%s);' % '|'.join(name2codepoint),
lambda m: unichr(name2codepoint[m.group(1)]),
string)
Source: Escaping HTML - Python Wiki