Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.9-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Copy the requirements file into the container
COPY requirements.txt .

# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Copy the rest of the application code
COPY . .

# Make port 7860 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 7860

# Define environment variable
ENV FLASK_APP=app.py

# initialize the database
# RUN flask init-db

# Run the application
CMD ["flask", "run", "--host=0.0.0.0", "--port=7860"]