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-# Use the official Python image
-FROM python:3.9
-
-# Set the working directory
-WORKDIR /code
-
-# Copy requirements and install them
-COPY ./requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /code/requirements.txt
-
-# Copy the application code
-COPY ./main.py /code/main.py
-
-# Create a non-root user (Security requirement for HF Spaces)
-RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
-USER user
-ENV HOME=/home/user \
-    PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH
-
-# Expose the port Hugging Face expects
-EXPOSE 7860
-
-# Command to run the app
+# Use the official Python 3.10 slim image
+FROM python:3.10-slim
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Set environment variables
+# Prevents Python from writing .pyc files and ensures logs are flushed to terminal
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# Install system dependencies if needed (none required for this specific script)
+# RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc
+
+# Copy the requirements file first to leverage Docker cache
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Hugging Face Spaces runs on port 7860 by default
+# We expose this port for documentation
+EXPOSE 7860
+
+# Start the FastAPI application using uvicorn
+# We use main:app (assuming your file is named main.py and the FastAPI instance is 'app')
 CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]