| # Use the official Python image from the Docker Hub | |
| FROM python:3.9-slim | |
| # Set environment variables to avoid Python writing .pyc files and buffering output | |
| ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 | |
| ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 | |
| # Set the working directory in the container | |
| WORKDIR /app | |
| # Install system dependencies | |
| RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \ | |
| gcc \ | |
| && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* | |
| # Copy the requirements file into the container | |
| COPY requirements.txt . | |
| # Install Python dependencies | |
| RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip && \ | |
| pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt | |
| # Copy the rest of the application code into the container | |
| COPY . . | |
| # Expose the port the app runs on | |
| EXPOSE 8080 | |
| # Define the command to run the application | |
| CMD ["python", "app.py"] | |