Adds fixes for updated deployment in Azure

Dockerfile

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     build-essential \
     gcc \
     g++ \
-    libgl1-mesa-glx \
     libglib2.0-0 \
+    libsm6 \
+    libxext6 \
+    libxrender-dev \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY requirements.txt .

handler.py

@@ -237,8 +237,9 @@ class EndpointHandler:
                     # It's a base64-encoded image
                     img = self.load_image_from_base64(image_input)
                 else:
-                    # Assume it's a local file path
-                    img = cv2.imread(image_input)
+                    # It's a local file path reference - convert to full Azure blob URL
+                    blob_url = f"https://koottuprod.blob.core.windows.net/koottu-media/{image_input}"
+                    img = self.load_image_from_url(blob_url)
 
                 if img is None:
                     print(f"Failed to load image: {image_input}")
@@ -260,7 +261,11 @@ class EndpointHandler:
                 profile_media_db = [item for item in embeddings_db if 'image_url' in item and 'profile-media' in item['image_url']]
                 print(f"Debug: Profile-media embeddings: {len(profile_media_db)}")
                 
-                filtered_db = [item for item in profile_media_db if 'gender' in item and item['gender'] == gender]
+                # Filter by gender: if 'all', include all items with gender field; otherwise filter by specific gender
+                if gender == 'all':
+                    filtered_db = [item for item in profile_media_db if 'gender' in item and 'embedding' in item]
+                else:
+                    filtered_db = [item for item in profile_media_db if 'gender' in item and item['gender'] == gender and 'embedding' in item]
                 print(f"Debug: Filtered by gender '{gender}': {len(filtered_db)}")
                 
                 if len(filtered_db) == 0:

main.py

@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ def index():
     # Serve the UI if needed, or just a welcome message
     return "<h2>FaceMatch FastAPI is running!</h2>"
 
+@app.get("/health")
+def health_check():
+    """Health check endpoint for Azure Container Apps"""
+    return {
+        "status": "healthy",
+        "service": "facematch-api",
+        "model_loaded": face_handler.app is not None
+    }
+
 @app.post("/api/init_user")
 def init_user():
     user_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
@@ -163,6 +172,10 @@ async def get_recommendations(
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="No query images provided")
         
         similar_images = face_handler.find_similar_images_aggregate(query_images, gender, top_n)
+        
+        if not similar_images:
+            return {"message": "No suggestions found please try with other images."}
+        
         return {"similar_images": similar_images}
     except Exception as e:
         return JSONResponse(status_code=500, content={"error": str(e)})