Move NLTK download from Docker build to app initialization to reduce image size

Dockerfile

@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip setuptools wheel && \
 # Copy the entire application
 COPY . .
 
-# Download NLTK data during build with error handling
-RUN python download_nltk_data.py
-
 # Expose the port the app runs on
 EXPOSE 7860
 

download_nltk_data.py

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-"""Script to download NLTK data during Docker build"""
-import nltk
-import os
-
-# Set NLTK data directory
-nltk_data_dir = '/root/nltk_data'
-os.makedirs(nltk_data_dir, exist_ok=True)
-nltk.data.path.append(nltk_data_dir)
-
-# Download required NLTK data
-required_data = ['punkt', 'vader_lexicon']
-for data_name in required_data:
-    try:
-        nltk.download(data_name, quiet=True)
-        print(f'Downloaded {data_name}')
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f'Failed to download {data_name}: {e}')
-
-print('NLTK download step completed')
-