Dockerfile

# Use a lightweight Python base image
FROM python:3.10-slim

# Set up a new user named "user" with user ID 1000 (Required by HF Spaces)
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user

# Switch to the "user" user
USER user

# Set home to the user's home directory
ENV HOME=/home/user \
	PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH

# Set the working directory
WORKDIR $HOME/app

# Copy requirements and install them
COPY --chown=user requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

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

# Expose the port Hugging Face expects
EXPOSE 7860

# Run the Flask app on 0.0.0.0 and port 7860
CMD ["python3", "webapp.py", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]