Dockerfile

# Use a lightweight Python base image
FROM python:3.10-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Install necessary system dependencies
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y libopencv-dev tesseract-ocr && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Copy the requirements file and install Python dependencies
COPY requirements.txt /app/
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

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

# Expose the port FastAPI will run on
EXPOSE 8000

# Command to run the FastAPI app using Uvicorn
CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]