Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as the base image
FROM python:3.11-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Copy the dependencies file to the working directory
COPY requirements.txt .

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

# Install gunicorn if it's not in requirements.txt
RUN pip install gunicorn

# Copy the rest of the application code to the working directory
COPY . .

# Expose the port that the application will run on
EXPOSE 5000

# Define the command to run the application
# This uses gunicorn to serve the Flask app
CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:$PORT", "--workers", "1", "api:app"]