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# USE THE OFFICIAL PYTHON 3.9 SLIM IMAGE
FROM python:3.9-slim

# SET THE WORKING DIRECTORY INSIDE THE CONTAINER
WORKDIR /code

# COPY THE REQUIREMENTS FILE FIRST FOR EFFICIENT CACHING
COPY ./requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt

# INSTALL ALL THE REQUIRED LIBRARIES
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip -r /code/requirements.txt

# COPY THE REST OF YOUR APPLICATION CODE
COPY ./app.py /code/app.py
COPY ./model_handler.py /code/model_handler.py

# HUGGING FACE SPACES RUNS APPS ON PORT 7860
EXPOSE 7860

# THE COMMAND TO START THE GUNICORN PRODUCTION SERVER
# IT RUNS THE 'FLASK_APP' OBJECT FROM THE 'app.py' FILE
CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:7860", "app:FLASK_APP"]