Dockerfile

# Base image
FROM python:3.9-slim

# Set the working directory
WORKDIR /app

# Copy only the requirements first (to leverage Docker cache)
COPY requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt

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

# Copy the rest of the application files
COPY . /app

# Create the directory for cached images
RUN mkdir -p cache_images

# Expose the port your app runs on
EXPOSE 7860

# Command to run the application
CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "4", "-b", "0.0.0.0:7860", "app:app"]