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Sentiment Checker (Docker + Hugging Face Spaces)

A minimal interactive web app that performs sentiment analysis using a Hugging Face model.
Users can type text, click a button, and instantly receive a prediction.

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🚀 Live Concept

• Type text into a box
• Click Check
• Get sentiment (POSITIVE / NEGATIVE)

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🧠 Why This Project Exists

Machine learning apps often fail to run across different environments due to:

• dependency conflicts
• mismatched library versions
• complex setup requirements

This project demonstrates how Docker solves these issues and enables seamless deployment on Hugging Face Spaces.

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Python
• FastAPI
• Transformers (by Hugging Face)
• Docker

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📁 Project Structure

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├── app.py
├── requirements.txt
└── Dockerfile

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⚙️ How It Works

1. The frontend is a simple HTML page served by FastAPI
2. User input is sent to the /predict endpoint
3. A pre-trained sentiment model processes the text
4. The result is returned and displayed instantly

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🐳 Docker Setup

Build the image

docker build -t sentiment-app .

Run the container

docker run -p 7860:7860 sentiment-app

Then open: http://localhost:7860

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🤗 Deployment (Hugging Face Spaces)

This app is designed to run on Hugging Face Spaces using Docker.

Steps:

1. Create a new Space
2. Select Docker as the SDK
3. Upload project files
4. The app will automatically build and deploy

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💡 Why Docker Matters

Without Docker:

• Manual installation of dependencies
• Version conflicts (e.g., Torch, Transformers)
• Inconsistent results across machines

With Docker:

• Reproducible environment
• One-step deployment
• Works the same everywhere

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⚠️ Notes

• The first run may take longer due to model download
• Subsequent requests are much faster

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✅ Key Takeaway

Docker enables reliable, reproducible deployment of machine learning applications, making it easy to share and run apps on platforms like Hugging Face Spaces without additional setup.