Dockerfile

FROM python:3.10-slim

# Install system dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    build-essential \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Set up a new user named "user" with UID 1000 per Hugging Face specifications
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
USER user

# Set environmental paths for the local user context
ENV HOME=/home/user \
    PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH

WORKDIR $HOME/app

# Copy files ensuring the user owns them
COPY --chown=user requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --user -r requirements.txt

# Copy the rest of the application files
COPY --chown=user . .

# Hugging Face Spaces expects port 7860
EXPOSE 7860

# Run with gunicorn
CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:7860", "--workers", "1", "--timeout", "120", "app:app"]