# Start with a Python slim base image FROM python:3.10-slim # Set environment variables ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1 # Set work directory WORKDIR /app # Install dependencies COPY requirements.txt . RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # Copy the entire backend project COPY backend/ . # Expose the port Hugging Face expects EXPOSE 7860 # Start the server using Uvicorn # We point it to the Django ASGI application object CMD ["uvicorn", "backend.asgi:application", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]