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news_sender/Dockerfile

@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@ FROM python:3.11-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install dependencies
-COPY requirements.txt .
+# Copy requirements first for better caching
+COPY news_sender/requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Copy sender files
-COPY . .
+# Copy backend dependencies (needed for tracking)
+COPY backend/services /app/backend/services
+COPY backend/database.py /app/backend/database.py
+COPY backend/config.py /app/backend/config.py
 
-# Copy backend files (needed for tracking and config)
-COPY ../backend/services /app/backend/services
-COPY ../backend/.env /app/.env
+# Copy sender files
+COPY news_sender/ /app/
 
 # Make the scheduler executable
 RUN chmod +x scheduled_sender.py

news_sender/sender_service.py

@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ import sys
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 # Add backend directory to path for importing tracking service
-backend_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'backend'
+# Check if running in Docker (backend is at /app/backend) or locally (../backend)
+if Path('/app/backend').exists():
+    backend_dir = Path('/app/backend')
+else:
+    backend_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'backend'
 sys.path.insert(0, str(backend_dir))
 
 # Import tracking modules