Dockerfile

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

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Copy all files from the current directory on the host to the container's /app directory
COPY . .

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

# Make port 7860 available to the world outside this container, HuggingFace expects web apps on this port
EXPOSE 7860

# Run the Streamlit app when the container launches
# The --server.address=0.0.0.0 flag is important to allow external connections
CMD ["streamlit", "run", "app.py", "--server.port=7860", "--server.address=0.0.0.0"]