Dockerfile

# Use slim base image
FROM python:3.10-slim

# Create a dedicated cache directory and assign permissions
RUN mkdir -p /home/user/.cache && chmod -R 777 /home/user/.cache

WORKDIR /app

# Set cache env vars **before** installing anything
ENV HF_HOME=/home/user/.cache/huggingface \
    TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/home/user/.cache/huggingface \
    SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS_HOME=/home/user/.cache/huggingface

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

COPY . .

ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]