Dockerfile

FROM python:3.12.3-slim

WORKDIR /app

# Install git and other dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    git \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

COPY requirements.txt .

RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip \
    && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

RUN python download_models.py

COPY . .

# Use 4 worker processes to handle requests efficiently.
CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "4", "-k", "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker", "fast_api:app"]