Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.10-slim

# Set environment variables
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Install system dependencies (if any needed for transformers or torch)
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \

    build-essential \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Copy requirements file first (for better caching)
COPY requirements.txt .

# Install Python dependencies
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
COPY . .

# Expose port 5000 (default for Flask)
EXPOSE 5000

# Define the command to run the application
CMD ["python", "app.py"]