DOCKERFILE

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

# Set the working directory to /app
WORKDIR /app

# Copy the requirements file into the working directory
COPY requirements.txt .

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

# Install the spacy library and download the en_core_web_sm model
RUN pip install spacy
RUN python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

# Copy the application code into the working directory
COPY . .

# Expose the port that the application will use
EXPOSE 8000

# Run the command to start the application when the container is launched
CMD ["python", "app.py"]