Method initialize

tornado/httpclient.py:216–221

(self, defaults: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None)

        return instance

    def initialize(self, defaults: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None:
        self.io_loop = IOLoop.current()
        self.defaults = dict(HTTPRequest._DEFAULTS)
        if defaults is not None:
            self.defaults.update(defaults)
        self._closed = False

    def close(self) -> None:
        """Destroys this HTTP client, freeing any file descriptors used.