Switch backend from Render to HuggingFace Spaces (free, no card required)

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -47,34 +47,20 @@ jobs:
           grep -q "https://test.supabase.co" src/index.html && echo "✅ Supabase URL injected" || exit 1
           grep -q "test-key-1234" src/index.html && echo "✅ Supabase key injected" || exit 1
 
-  deploy-backend:
-    name: Deploy Backend (Render)
-    needs: lint-and-validate
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Trigger Render Deploy
-        run: |
-          if [ -n "${{ secrets.RENDER_DEPLOY_HOOK }}" ]; then
-            curl -s -X POST "${{ secrets.RENDER_DEPLOY_HOOK }}" && echo "✅ Render deploy triggered"
-          else
-            echo "⚠️ RENDER_DEPLOY_HOOK not set — skipping backend deploy"
-          fi
-
   health-check:
     name: Post-Deploy Health Check
-    needs: deploy-backend
+    needs: lint-and-validate
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Wait for Render to deploy
-        run: sleep 90
+      - name: Wait for HuggingFace Spaces to deploy
+        run: sleep 120
 
       - name: Check backend health
         run: |
           HEALTH_URL="${{ secrets.BACKEND_URL }}/api/health"
           if [ -z "${{ secrets.BACKEND_URL }}" ]; then
-            HEALTH_URL="https://bayan-api.onrender.com/api/health"
+            HEALTH_URL="https://mohamedatef24-bayan-api.hf.space/api/health"
           fi
           echo "Checking: $HEALTH_URL"
           response=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" "$HEALTH_URL")
@@ -88,3 +74,4 @@ jobs:
             echo "❌ Backend health check failed"
             exit 1
           fi
+

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy requirements and install Python dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy application code
+COPY src/ ./src/
+COPY .env* ./
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV PORT=7860
+ENV DEBUG=False
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Expose port
+EXPOSE 7860
+
+# Start the app with gunicorn
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--chdir", "src", "app:app", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:7860", "--timeout", "120", "--workers", "1"]

README_HF.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+title: Bayan API
+emoji: ✍️
+colorFrom: green
+colorTo: blue
+sdk: docker
+app_port: 7860
+---

vercel.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "rewrites": [
     {
       "source": "/api/:path*",
-      "destination": "https://bayan-api.onrender.com/api/:path*"
+      "destination": "https://mohamedatef24-bayan-api.hf.space/api/:path*"
     },
     {
       "source": "/(.*)",