Dockerfile

#use the official python 3.9 image 
FROM python:3.9

#set the working directory to /code 
WORKDIR /code 

#COPY the current directory contents in the container at /code
COPY ./requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt

#install the requirements.txt
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /code/requirements.txt

# Set up a new user named "user"
RUN useradd user

#Switch to the "user" user
USER user

#set home to the user's home directory 

ENV HOME=/home/user \
    PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH

#set the working directory to the user's home directory 
WORKDIR $HOME/app

#copy the current directory contents into the container at $HOME/app setting the owner to user
COPY --chown=user . $HOME/app

# start the FASTAPI app on port 7680
CMD ["uvicorn","app:app","--host", "0.0.0.0","--port","7860"]