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 all project files to the container
COPY . .

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

# Expose port 5000 for Flask
EXPOSE 5000

# Command to run the Flask app
CMD ["python", "app.py"]