Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as the base image
FROM python:3.10

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Create a cache directory for Hugging Face models
RUN mkdir -p /app/cache && chmod -R 777 /app/cache

# Set environment variable for cache
ENV HF_HOME=/app/cache

# Copy the dependencies file
COPY requirements.txt .

# Install dependencies
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Copy the rest of the application files
COPY . .

# Expose port 7860 for Flask
EXPOSE 7860

# Command to run the application
CMD ["python", "app.py"]