Dockerfile

# Use Python 3.9 as the base image
FROM python:3.9-slim

# Set environment variables to avoid writing .pyc files
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Copy the requirements.txt file into the container
COPY requirements.txt /app/

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

# Install gunicorn
RUN pip install gunicorn

# Copy the Python client script into the container
COPY app.py /app/

# Set the command to run the Python client with gunicorn
CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "4", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000", "app:app"]