backend/Dockerfile

# Use official Python runtime as the base image
FROM python:3.11-slim

# Set environment variables
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Install system dependencies
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
        build-essential \
        gcc \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Copy the requirements file first to leverage Docker cache
COPY requirements*.txt ./

# Install Python dependencies
RUN pip install --upgrade pip
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

# Copy the rest of the application code
COPY . .

# Make startup script executable
RUN chmod +x start.sh

# Expose the port the app runs on
EXPOSE 8000

# Create an entrypoint script to handle database seeding
COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh

# Run the application
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
CMD ["python", "main.py"]