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+# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install system dependencies required for some Python packages
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gcc \
+    python3-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy requirements first to leverage Docker cache
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt 
+
+# Create a non-root user and switch to it
+RUN groupadd -r appuser && useradd -r -g appuser appuser
+RUN chown -R appuser:appuser /app
+USER appuser
+
+# Copy the rest of the application
+COPY --chown=appuser:appuser . .
+
+# Expose the port the app runs on
+EXPOSE 7860
+
+# Command to run the application
+CMD ["python", "server.py"]