diff --git a/src/renderer/python/generatePythonApiModuleV1.ts b/src/renderer/python/generatePythonApiModuleV1.ts
index 7cce259..1860f27 100644
--- a/src/renderer/python/generatePythonApiModuleV1.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/python/generatePythonApiModuleV1.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,45 @@
 import { BDS_PYTHON_API_CONTRACT_V1 } from './pythonApiContractV1';
 
+const PYTHON_RESERVED_KEYWORDS = new Set([
+  'false',
+  'none',
+  'true',
+  'and',
+  'as',
+  'assert',
+  'async',
+  'await',
+  'break',
+  'class',
+  'continue',
+  'def',
+  'del',
+  'elif',
+  'else',
+  'except',
+  'finally',
+  'for',
+  'from',
+  'global',
+  'if',
+  'import',
+  'in',
+  'is',
+  'lambda',
+  'nonlocal',
+  'not',
+  'or',
+  'pass',
+  'raise',
+  'return',
+  'try',
+  'while',
+  'with',
+  'yield',
+  'match',
+  'case',
+]);
+
 function toSnakeCase(value: string): string {
   return value
     .replace(/([a-z0-9])([A-Z])/g, '$1_$2')
@@ -12,6 +52,23 @@ function quotePython(value: string): string {
   return value.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/"/g, '\\"');
 }
 
+function toPythonIdentifier(value: string): string {
+  let identifier = toSnakeCase(value);
+  if (!identifier) {
+    identifier = '_';
+  }
+
+  if (/^[0-9]/.test(identifier)) {
+    identifier = `_${identifier}`;
+  }
+
+  if (PYTHON_RESERVED_KEYWORDS.has(identifier)) {
+    identifier = `${identifier}_`;
+  }
+
+  return identifier;
+}
+
 function buildPythonMethod(method: {
   method: string;
   description: string;
@@ -22,10 +79,10 @@ function buildPythonMethod(method: {
     return '';
   }
 
-  const pythonMethodName = toSnakeCase(member);
+  const pythonMethodName = toPythonIdentifier(member);
   const pythonParams = method.params.map((param) => ({
     sourceName: param.name,
-    pythonName: toSnakeCase(param.name),
+    pythonName: toPythonIdentifier(param.name),
     required: param.required,
   }));
 
@@ -90,7 +147,7 @@ export function generatePythonApiModuleV1(): string {
 
   const namespaceAssignments = Array.from(namespaceMap.keys())
     .sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right))
-    .map((namespace) => `        self.${toSnakeCase(namespace)} = ${namespace[0].toUpperCase()}${namespace.slice(1)}Api(transport)`)
+    .map((namespace) => `        self.${toPythonIdentifier(namespace)} = ${namespace[0].toUpperCase()}${namespace.slice(1)}Api(transport)`)
     .join('\n');
 
   return [
diff --git a/tests/renderer/python/pythonApiContractV1.test.ts b/tests/renderer/python/pythonApiContractV1.test.ts
index 8feecef..3517d95 100644
--- a/tests/renderer/python/pythonApiContractV1.test.ts
+++ b/tests/renderer/python/pythonApiContractV1.test.ts
@@ -78,4 +78,12 @@ describe('generatePythonApiModuleV1', () => {
     expect(moduleCode).toContain('class BdsApi:');
     expect(moduleCode).toContain('bds = BdsApi(_transport)');
   });
+
+  it('escapes python keyword method names to valid identifiers', () => {
+    const moduleCode = generatePythonApiModuleV1();
+
+    expect(moduleCode).toContain('return await self._transport.call("media.import", { "sourcePath": source_path, "metadata": metadata })');
+    expect(moduleCode).toContain('async def import_(self, source_path, metadata=None):');
+    expect(moduleCode).not.toContain('async def import(self, source_path, metadata=None):');
+  });
 });
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