Dockerfile

# Use Python image
FROM python:3.9

# Create a working directory
WORKDIR /app

# Copy all files to the container
COPY . .

# Install the tools needed
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Create the users.json file if it doesn't exist
RUN if [ ! -f users.json ]; then echo "[]" > users.json; fi

# Expose the port Hugging Face expects
EXPOSE 7860

# Command to run the app
CMD ["python", "app.py"]