Add Dockerfile and requirements.txt for containerization

Dockerfile

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+FROM python:3.9.18-slim-bookworm
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the dependencies file to the working directory
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install any dependencies
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gcc
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+
+RUN pip install  --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the content of the local src directory to the working directory
+
+COPY . .
+
+# clean unneeded files
+RUN rm -rf /root/.cache/pip
+RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN rm -rf /var/cache/apt/*
+
+
+# Command to run on container start
+
+CMD [ "python", "./main.py" ]
+
+# set port 
+EXPOSE 80

requirements.txt

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+flask