Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.9-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /code

# Copy the dependencies file to the working directory
COPY ./requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt

# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /code/requirements.txt

# Copy the rest of the application code to the working directory
COPY . /code/

# Expose the port that Hugging Face expects
EXPOSE 7860

# Command to run the Flask application
# We use the built-in Flask server here. Hugging Face will manage it.
CMD ["flask", "run", "--host=0.0.0.0", "--port=7860"]