[Python] Handling MSAL Auth URIs in a Docker container

I'm trying to Dockerize a Python webapp that uses MSAL to handle authentication. I am acquiring the access token by using:

auth_response = public_app.acquire_token_interactive(scopes=user_scopes, port=5000)

token = auth_response['access_token']

The authentication runs smoothly whenever I test it locally. However, when I try to run my code in a Docker container, I get this error message:

Found no browser in current environment. If this program is being run inside a container which either (1) has access to host network (i.e. started by docker run --net=host -it ...), or (2) published port 5000 to host network (i.e. started by docker run -p 127.0.0.1:5000:5000 -it ...), you can use browser on host to visit the following link. Otherwise, this auth attempt would either timeout (current timeout setting is None) or be aborted by CTRL+C. Auth URI:... `

When I click on the auth uri generated in the log, I am able to login as normal, and the Docker-ized application runs perfectly. How can I redirect to the generated Auth URI? MSAL uses webbrowser.get() to normally redirect.

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