Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.10-slim

# Set the working directory to /app
WORKDIR /app

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

# Create the flask_session directory and set the appropriate permissions
RUN mkdir -p /app/flask_session && chmod 777 /app/flask_session

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

# Make port 7860 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 7860

# Run the Flask app directly using Python
CMD ["python", "app.py"]