docker compose file added for deployment

backend/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Use official lightweight Python image
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+# Install system dependencies
+# tesseract-ocr: for pytesseract
+# poppler-utils: for pdf2image
+# libtesseract-dev: development headers
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    tesseract-ocr \
+    poppler-utils \
+    libtesseract-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy requirements first to leverage Docker cache
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Expose port (default for Uvicorn)
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+# Run the application
+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]

backend/requirements.txt

@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ imap-tools
 apscheduler
 python-dotenv
 pdfplumber
+pdf2image