from docx import Document

document = Document()

# Add header and footer on all pages

document.save("demo.docx")

from docx import Document
import win32com.client as win32
import os.path
import tempfile

tempdir = tempfile.gettempdir()
msword = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Word.Application')
tempfile = os.path.join(tempdir, "temp.doc")

document = Document()

document.save(tempfile)

doc = msword.Documents.Open(tempfile)

doc.Sections(1).Footers(1).Range.Text = r'Text to be included'
doc.Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.Add()
doc.SaveAs(tempfile, FileFormat = 0)

document = Document(tempfile)

from docx import Document

document = Document()

document.add_heading('Document Title', 0)

p = document.add_paragraph('A plain paragraph having some ')
p.add_run('bold').bold = True
p.add_run(' and some ')
p.add_run('italic.').italic = True

document.add_heading('Heading, level 1', level=1)
document.add_paragraph('Intense quote', style='IntenseQuote')

document.add_paragraph(
    'first item in unordered list', style='ListBullet'
)
document.add_paragraph(
    'first item in ordered list', style='ListNumber'
)

document.save('demo.docx')

from docx import Document

document = Document('demo.docx')

document.add_heading('A New Title for my Document', 0)

p = document.add_paragraph('A new paragraph having some plain ')
p.add_run('bold').bold = True
p.add_run(' and some ')
p.add_run('italic.').italic = True

document.add_heading('New Heading, level 1', level=1)
document.add_paragraph('Intense quote', style='IntenseQuote')

document.add_paragraph(
    'first new item in unordered list', style='ListBullet'
)
document.add_paragraph(
    'first new item in ordered list', style='ListNumber'
)

document.save('demo.docx')

from docx import Document

document = Document('demo.docx')

document.add_page_break()

recordset = [ [1, "101", "Spam"], [2, "42", "Eggs"], [3, "631", "Spam, spam, eggs, and spam"]]

table = document.add_table(rows=1, cols=3)
hdr_cells = table.rows[0].cells
hdr_cells[0].text = 'Qty'
hdr_cells[1].text = 'Id'
hdr_cells[2].text = 'Desc'

for item in recordset:
    row_cells = table.add_row().cells
    row_cells[0].text = str(item[0])
    row_cells[1].text = str(item[1])
    row_cells[2].text = item[2]

table.style = 'ColorfulShading'

document.save('demo.docx')

import shutil
shutil.copyfile('demo.docx', 'demo_copy.docx')

import win32com.client as win32
msword = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Word.Application')
doc = msword.Documents.Add
doc.Sections(1).Footers(1).Range.Text = r'Text to be included'
doc.Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.Add()

from docx import Document
document = Document("template.docx")
# Do your editing
document.save("demo.docx")

unzip template.docx

import zipfile

document = zipfile.ZipFile("template.docx")
for xml in document.filelist:
    if "header" in xml.filename:
        read = document.read(xml.filename)
        print(read.decode())

<w:r><w:t>ThisIsMyHeader</w:t></w:r>

from docx import Document
document = Document()

header = document.sections[0].header
header.add_paragraph('Test Header')

footer = document.sections[0].footer
footer.add_paragraph('Test Footer')