| # Use an official Python runtime as a parent image | |
| FROM python:3.9-slim | |
| # Set the working directory | |
| WORKDIR /app | |
| # Copy only requirements first to leverage Docker caching | |
| COPY requirements.txt /app/ | |
| # Install dependencies before copying the full application | |
| RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip \ | |
| && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt | |
| # Copy the rest of the application files | |
| COPY . /app | |
| # Expose the Flask port (Hugging Face Spaces uses port 7860 by default) | |
| EXPOSE 7860 | |
| # Command to run the Flask app | |
| CMD ["python", "app.py"] | |