Problem adding documents when using Meilisearch in a Python Docker Container

Description I have built a python application that I need to run in a Docker Container. It gathers data, adds it to a CSV, then adds it to Meilisearch using the Meilisearch module.

Expected behavior Add CSV to database/Meilisearch and finish the code.

Current behavior Program ran like normal until it was time to delete the index like I would want. It runs perfect just running with python main.py but for some reason, in packaged in a Docker Container it fails.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Debian Linux
• Meilisearch version: Latest
• meilisearch-python version: Latest

Really simple docker file:

FROM python:3.9-slim
COPY . .
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
ENV CRONMONITORING=healthchecksurl
ENV SEARCHCLIENT=meiliclient
ENV SEARCHCLIENTKEY=meiliclientapikey
CMD ["python", "main.py"]

Really simple usage of Meilisearch:

client = meilisearch.Client(SEARCHCLIENT, SEARCHCLIENTKEY)
index = client.index('index')
csvfile = open('index.csv', 'r')
data = csvfile.read()
index.delete_all_documents()
index.add_documents_csv(data.encode('utf-8'))

[Wamy-Dev]

Ah, instead of doing that, I ran the container privileged using the --privileged tag, when running the container, and it seemed to have worked. I’m going to change the title as it will be more relevant for newcomers. Thank you for your help. Seems like memory was really the problem.

[sanders41]

The Meilisearch client in and out of Docker should act the same. I wonder if it is a memory issue since the Docker container will have less available to it than outside Docker. If you try the encoding without sending to Meilisearch does it error?

csvfile = open('index.csv', 'r')
data = csvfile.read()
data.encode('utf-8')