## HeaderFooter(doc, header_footer_type) {#documentbase_headerfootertype}

Creates a new header or footer of the specified type.


```python
def __init__(self, doc: aspose.words.DocumentBase, header_footer_type: aspose.words.HeaderFooterType):
    ...
```

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| doc | [DocumentBase](../../documentbase/) | The owner document. |
| header_footer_type | [HeaderFooterType](../../headerfootertype/) | A [HeaderFooter.header_footer_type](../header_footer_type/) value that specifies the type of the header or footer. |

### Remarks

When [HeaderFooter](../) is created, it belongs to the specified document, but is not
yet part of the document and [Node.parent_node](../../node/parent_node/) is ``None``.

To append [HeaderFooter](../) to a [Section](../../section/) use [CompositeNode.insert_after()](../../compositenode/insert_after/#node_node), [CompositeNode.insert_before()](../../compositenode/insert_before/#node_node),
or [Section.headers_footers](../../section/headers_footers/) property and methods [NodeCollection.add()](../../nodecollection/add/#node), [NodeCollection.insert()](../../nodecollection/insert/#int_node).




### Examples

Shows how to create a header and a footer.

```python
doc = aw.Document()
# Create a header and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
# will appear at the top of every page of this section, above the main body text.
header = aw.HeaderFooter(doc, aw.HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY)
doc.first_section.headers_footers.add(header)
para = header.append_paragraph('My header.')
self.assertTrue(header.is_header)
self.assertTrue(para.is_end_of_header_footer)
# Create a footer and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
# will appear at the bottom of every page of this section, below the main body text.
footer = aw.HeaderFooter(doc, aw.HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY)
doc.first_section.headers_footers.add(footer)
para = footer.append_paragraph('My footer.')
self.assertFalse(footer.is_header)
self.assertTrue(para.is_end_of_header_footer)
self.assertEqual(footer, para.parent_story)
self.assertEqual(footer.parent_section, para.parent_section)
self.assertEqual(footer.parent_section, header.parent_section)
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'HeaderFooter.Create.docx')
```

### See Also

* module [aspose.words](../../)
* class [HeaderFooter](../)