Dockerfile

FROM python:3.12-slim

ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

WORKDIR /app

# Install dependencies first for better layer caching before copying the rest of the code
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip \
    && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

COPY . .

# Create a non-root user for security
RUN useradd -m appuser
USER appuser

# docs only for port app listens on
EXPOSE 7860

CMD ["bash", "-lc", "uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${PORT:-7860}"]