Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.11-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
COPY . /app

# Create a cache directory and set permissions
RUN mkdir -p /app/.cache && chmod -R 777 /app/.cache

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

# Set the environment variable for Hugging Face cache location
ENV HF_HOME=/app/.cache

# Define environment variable for Flask app port (optional but not needed in HF Spaces)
#ENV PORT=7680

# Run the application using Gunicorn
ENTRYPOINT ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:7680", "app:app"]