code: def apply_entities_as_html(text, entities):
      
      escapes = {'<': '&lt;',
                 '>': '&gt;',
                 '&': '&amp;',}
  
      formatters = {'bold':         lambda s,e: '<b>'+s+'</b>',
                    'italic':       lambda s,e: '<i>'+s+'</i>',
                    'text_link':    lambda s,e: '<a href="'+e['url']+'">'+s+'</a>',
                    'text_mention': lambda s,e: '<a href="tg://user?id='+str(e['user']['id'])+'">'+s+'</a>',
                    'code':         lambda s,e: '<code>'+s+'</code>',
                    'pre':          lambda s,e: '<pre>'+s+'</pre>'}
  
      return _apply_entities(text, entities, escapes, formatters)
docs: Format text as HTML. Also take care of escaping special characters.
      Returned value can be passed to :meth:`.Bot.sendMessage` with appropriate
      ``parse_mode``.
  
      :param text:
          plain text
  
      :param entities:
          a list of `MessageEntity <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#messageentity>`_ objects