Drupal: how to access to Drupal's APIs with a standalone php script?

Question

When I create a new script in a separate php file to run for Drupal, I need to add the following lines on top in order to access all Drupal APIs:

require_once \'./in

Answer 1

Yep, I use this:

/** bootstrap drupal **/
chdir("/path/to/drupal/site/htdocs");
require_once './includes/bootstrap.inc';
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);

And then just add whatever Drupal-specific code you need below that.