Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as the base image
FROM python:3.9-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

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

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

# 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

# Set environment variable for the cache directory
ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/.cache

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