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

        # Set the working directory in the container to /app
        WORKDIR /app

        # Copy the requirements file to the container at /app
        COPY requirements.txt /app

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

        # Set both TRANSFORMERS_CACHE and HF_HOME
        ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/tmp
        ENV HF_HOME=/tmp

        # Copy the application code to the container at /app
        COPY . /app

        # Make port 8080 available to the world outside this container
        EXPOSE 8080

        # Run app.py when the container launches
        CMD ["python", "app.py"]