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.dockerignore

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dist/
 build/
 chroma_data/
 assets/*.pt
-.env
+#.env
 *.log
 .git/
 .gitignore

helpers/configs.py

@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+from typing import Optional
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
-    APP_NAME: str 
-    APP_VERSION: str 
-    APP_VARIENT: str
+    # Application settings with defaults
+    APP_NAME: str = "FaceRecognitionAPI"
+    APP_VERSION: str = "1.0.0"
+    APP_VARIENT: str = "v1"
     
-    host:str
-    port:int
+    # Server settings with defaults
+    host: str = "0.0.0.0"
+    port: int = 7860
     
-    DETECTION_MODEL:str = "mtcnn"  # Options: mtcnn, yoloface
-
-    YOLOFACE_MODEL_PATH: str = "assets/yolov12n-face.pt"
-    CHROMA_DB_PATH:str = "./chroma_data"
-    COLLECTION_NAME:str = "face_embeddings_collection"
-    SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD:float = 0.7
-    MAX_RESULTS:int = 1
-    class Config: 
-        env_file = ".env" 
+    # Detection settings with defaults
+    DETECTION_MODEL: str = "mtcnn"  # Options: mtcnn, yoloface
+    YOLOFACE_MODEL_PATH: str = "assets/yolov11n-face.pt"
+    
+    # Database settings with defaults
+    CHROMA_DB_PATH: str = "./chroma_data"
+    COLLECTION_NAME: str = "face_embeddings_collection"
+    
+    # Recognition settings with defaults
+    SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD: float = 0.7
+    MAX_RESULTS: int = 1
+    
+    class Config:
+        env_file = ".env"
+        env_file_encoding = 'utf-8'
+        case_sensitive = False
+        extra = "ignore"  # Ignore extra environment variables
 
-def get_settings(): ## this makes any got by "get_settings().APP_NAME" 
+def get_settings():
     return Settings()