Fixed Hugging Face timeout issue

Dockerfile

@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-# Use an official Streamlit image
-FROM python:3.9
+# Use a lightweight Python image
+FROM python:3.9-slim
 
 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy the required files
-COPY app.py requirements.txt ./
+# Copy only the requirements file first (to optimize build cache)
+COPY requirements.txt ./
 
 # Install dependencies
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
+# Copy the rest of the application files
+COPY . .
 
-# Expose the necessary port
-EXPOSE 8501
+# Expose the correct port for Hugging Face Spaces
+EXPOSE 7860
 
-# Run the Streamlit app
-CMD ["streamlit", "run", "app.py", "--server.port=8501", "--server.address=0.0.0.0"]
+# Run Streamlit app on the correct port
+CMD ["streamlit", "run", "app.py", "--server.port=7860", "--server.address=0.0.0.0"]

app.py

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import requests
 # FastAPI backend URL (assuming it's running on localhost)
 API_URL = "https://ezhil24-backend.hf.space/"
 
+# Streamlit config for Hugging Face compatibility
+st.set_page_config(page_title="World Population Statistics", layout="wide")
+
 # Define function to get continent stats from FastAPI backend
 def get_continent_stats(continent):
     response = requests.get(f"{API_URL}{continent}/")