FROM python:3.11-slim # 1. Install system dependencies for OpenCV and OCR USER root RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \ libgl1 \ libglib2.0-0 \ libsm6 \ libxext6 \ libxrender-dev \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* # 2. Create the Hugging Face User (standard for Spaces) RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user WORKDIR /app # 3. Handle dependencies COPY --chown=user:user requirements.txt . RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt # 4. Copy project files COPY --chown=user:user . . # 5. Pre-setup directories and permissions # This fixes the "Permission denied: /app/data" error RUN mkdir -p /app/data /app/.cache/easyocr_models \ && chown -R user:user /app USER user ENV HOME=/home/user \ PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH \ PYTHONPATH=/app \ PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 # Pre-download models so the app starts INSTANTLY RUN python -c "import easyocr; \ easyocr.Reader(['en'], gpu=False, model_storage_directory='/app/.cache/easyocr_models')" # 6. Use Hugging Face default port (7860) EXPOSE 7860 # 7. Start the backend CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860", "--workers", "1"]