dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.6-slim-buster

# Set the working directory in the container to /app
WORKDIR /app

# Add the current directory contents into the container at /app
ADD . /app

# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Install project dependencies
RUN pip install -e .

# Run the main.py script
RUN python main.py

# Navigate to the api directory
WORKDIR /app/api

# Make port 5000 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 5000

# Set environment variables for Flask
ENV FLASK_APP=app.py
ENV FLASK_RUN_HOST=0.0.0.0

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