Added alt Dockerfile for subprocess bot and added task to README.

Dockerfile_subprocess

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+# Dockerfile
+
+# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Install system dependencies
+# - ffmpeg is crucial for yt-dlp for merging formats and segment downloads
+# - git is sometimes needed by yt-dlp for updates or certain extractors (optional but good to have)
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    ffmpeg \
+    git \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the requirements file into the container at /app
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the rest of the application's code into the container at /app
+# This assumes your bot script is named bot.py and is in the same directory as the Dockerfile
+# Adjust if your main script has a different name or is in a subdirectory.
+COPY . .
+# If your bot script is e.g. telegram_ytdlp_bot.py, use:
+# COPY telegram_ytdlp_bot.py .
+# COPY any_other_helper_files_if_any .
+
+# Expose a volume for downloads (optional, but good for persisting data)
+# The bot script currently uses "video_downloads/" relative to its execution path.
+# So, /app/video_downloads/ will be the path inside the container.
+VOLUME /app/video_downloads
+
+# Expose a volume for cookies (optional, for easier management)
+VOLUME /app/cookies
+
+# Define environment variables for configuration (these will be set at runtime)
+# You can set defaults here, but it's better to pass them during `docker run`
+# ENV TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=""
+# ENV YOUTUBE_COOKIES_FILE_PATH="/app/cookies/youtube.txt"
+# ENV INSTAGRAM_COOKIES_FILE_PATH="/app/cookies/instagram.txt"
+# The bot script will need to be updated to use these _FILE_PATH variables
+
+# Command to run the application
+# Replace bot.py with the actual name of your main Python script
+CMD ["python", "bot_subprocess.py"]

README.md

@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ Tasks:
 - Deployment 
   - Set up docker first. ✅
 - Switch to using a subprocess ✅
+- Test to see which argument for constraining size works for youtube videos.
 - Fix name extraction from file info
 - get around size limit (https://stackoverflow.com/a/77654947)