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+# First stage: Build and install dependencies
+FROM python:3.10-slim-bookworm as builder
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# Install build dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    wget \
+    curl \
+    unzip 
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir spacy torch torchvision torchaudio onnxruntime uvicorn && \
+    python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
+
+# Download and install ChromeDriver
+RUN CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -sS chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE) && \
+    wget -N https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip -P /tmp && \
+    unzip /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip -d /tmp && \
+    mv /tmp/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/chromedriver && \
+    rm /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip
+
+# Second stage: Create final runtime image
+FROM python:3.10-slim-bookworm
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# Install runtime dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    wget \
+    git \
+    xvfb \
+    gnupg2 \
+    ca-certificates \
+    apt-transport-https \
+    software-properties-common && \
+    wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
+    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends google-chrome-stable && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
+
+# Copy Chromedriver from the builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
+
+# Copy installed Python packages from builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Set environment to use Chrome and ChromeDriver properly
+ENV CHROME_BIN=/usr/bin/google-chrome \
+    CHROMEDRIVER=/usr/local/bin/chromedriver \
+    DISPLAY=:99 \
+    DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=/dev/null \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Ensure the PATH environment variable includes the location of the installed packages
+ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH   
+
+# Make port 80 available to the world outside this container
+EXPOSE 80
+
+# Run uvicorn
+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "80", "--workers", "4"]
+
+