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+# Use an official Python runtime as the base image
+FROM python:3.9
+
+# Create a user to avoid permission issues (required for Hugging Face Spaces)
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
+
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy and install requirements
+COPY --chown=user ./requirements.txt requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the rest of the application
+COPY --chown=user . /app
+
+# Initialize the database
+RUN python init_db.py
+
+# Expose the port (Hugging Face default is 7860)
+EXPOSE 7860
+
+# Run the Flask app
+CMD ["python", "app.py"]