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+FROM python:3.9
+
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY fastembed-server.py /workdir/fastembed-server.py
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade fastembed fastapi uvicorn
+
+CMD ["python", "/workdir/fastembed-server.py"]