| # Use an official lightweight Python image | |
| FROM python:3.11-slim | |
| # Set environment variables to prevent Python from writing .pyc files | |
| # and to keep stdout unbuffered so logs show up immediately | |
| ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 | |
| ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 | |
| # Set up a non-root user (Required for Hugging Face Spaces) | |
| RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user | |
| USER user | |
| ENV HOME=/home/user \ | |
| PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH | |
| # Set the working directory inside the container | |
| WORKDIR $HOME/app | |
| # Copy the requirements file first to leverage Docker cache | |
| COPY --chown=user backend/requirements.txt $HOME/app/ | |
| # Install the Python dependencies | |
| RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt | |
| # Copy the entire backend folder contents into the app directory | |
| COPY --chown=user backend/ $HOME/app/ | |
| # Hugging Face Spaces uses port 7860 by default. | |
| EXPOSE 7860 | |
| # Command to start the Uvicorn server | |
| CMD ["uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"] | |