Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.10-slim-buster

# Set environment variables
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /home/user/app

# Install system dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    build-essential \
    curl \
    git \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Copy the requirements file first to leverage Docker cache
COPY requirements.txt .

# Install Python dependencies
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Copy the rest of the application code
COPY . .

# Expose the port the app runs on
EXPOSE 7860

# Create a non-root user
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
USER user

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