Does initialize in tornado.web.RequestHandler get called every time for a request/

问题

There'a an initialize method in tornado.web.RequestHandler class, is it called every time there's a request?

回答1:

Yes, tornado calls initialize for each request.

If you want to share state between requests(like db connection) - store it in self.application.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15199028/does-initialize-in-tornado-web-requesthandler-get-called-every-time-for-a-reques