DOCKERFILE

FROM python:3.11-slim
Create the specific user required by Hugging Face Spaces
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
USER user
ENV PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"
WORKDIR /app
Copy and install dependencies first for faster caching
COPY --chown=user requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
Copy the rest of the application
COPY --chown=user . .
Boot the FastAPI server exactly as you did locally
CMD ["python", "app.py"]