FROM python:3.9-slim WORKDIR /app COPY requirements.txt . RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # Pre-download the model to cache it in the image (optional but good for speed) # We can run a small python script to trigger the download or just let it download on first run. # For simplicity, we let it download on first run. COPY . . EXPOSE 8000 CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]