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+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11.0
+ARG POETRY_VERSION=1.5
+
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as staging
+
+ARG APP_NAME=verbanote
+ARG APP_PATH=/verbanote
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION
+ARG POETRY_VERSION
+ARG VERBANOTE_OUTPUT_PATH=/transcriptions
+
+ENV \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PYTHONFAULTHANDLER=1
+
+ENV \
+    POETRY_VERSION=${POETRY_VERSION} \
+    POETRY_HOME=/opt/poetry \
+    POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_IN_PROJECT=true \
+    POETRY_NO_INTERACTION=1
+
+# installing poetry
+RUN curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
+ENV PATH="${POETRY_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
+
+WORKDIR ${APP_PATH}
+COPY ./poetry.lock ./pyproject.toml ./
+COPY ./${APP_NAME} ./${APP_NAME}
+
+# --------------
+
+FROM staging as worker
+ARG APP_NAME
+ARG APP_PATH
+ARG VERBANOTE_OUTPUT_PATH
+ENV APP_NAME=${APP_NAME}
+ENV APP_PATH=${APP_PATH}
+ENV VERBANOTE_OUTPUT_PATH=${VERBANOTE_OUTPUT_PATH}
+
+WORKDIR ${APP_PATH}
+RUN poetry install
+RUN mkdir -p ${VERBANOTE_OUTPUT_PATH}
+
+COPY ./docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/docker-entrypoint.sh" ]
+CMD [ "python", "-u", "${APP_PATH}/{${APP_NAME}/rp_handler.py" ]
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#
+
+set -e
+eval "exec $@"