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+# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Set environment variables
+# Prevents Python from writing .pyc files to disk
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+# Prevents Python from buffering stdout and stderr
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# Install dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
+COPY main.py .
+
+# Make port 8000 available to the world outside this container
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+# Define the command to run your app using uvicorn
+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
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