Fix: add proper requirements.txt and update Dockerfile

Author: Uttam Singh

backend/Dockerfile

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
 WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY requirements.txt .
+# Copy requirements.txt from backend folder (Render context fix)
+COPY backend/requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
+
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-COPY . /app
+# Copy the rest of the backend code
+COPY backend/. .
 
-EXPOSE 8000
 CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]

backend/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+fastapi==0.115.0
+uvicorn==0.30.6
+sqlalchemy==2.0.32
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+pydantic==2.9.2
+pydantic-settings==2.6.1
+passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
+python-multipart==0.0.9
+requests==2.32.3
+apscheduler==3.10.4
+email-validator==2.2.0
+openai==1.51.2
+pandas==2.2.3
+openpyxl==3.1.5

render.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 services:
-  # === Backend (FastAPI + Docker) ===
   - type: web
     name: fat-eibl-backend
     env: docker