How to set the footer in a Word DOCX document in Python

Setting DOCX footers with Python actually turns out to be a rather mind-numbing task and one that can eat up most of your day. I can verify this as I just did this. But rather than drag you through the mud with me, I will give you the means to rise above it. My solution is now part of an API, which I will show you how to use.

First we need to import our API client via pip install.

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

Next we will be calling edit_document_docx_set_footer from our created API instance. The details for this are as you see below.

from __future__ import print_function
import time
import cloudmersive_convert_api_client
from cloudmersive_convert_api_client.rest import ApiException
from pprint import pprint
# Configure API key authorization: Apikey
configuration = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.Configuration()
configuration.api_key['Apikey'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
# Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
# configuration.api_key_prefix['Apikey'] = 'Bearer'
# create an instance of the API class
api_instance = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.EditDocumentApi(cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ApiClient(configuration))
req_config = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.DocxSetFooterRequest() # DocxSetFooterRequest | Document input request
try:
# Set the footer in a Word DOCX document
api_response = api_instance.edit_document_docx_set_footer(req_config)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling EditDocumentApi->edit_document_docx_set_footer: %s\n" % e)

OK, there you go! Easy as apple pie. This same API also allows you to edit DOCX files in a number of other ways, such as adding paragraphs, tables, and images.

No fancy coding needed today!