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I am trying to modify the default summary tab and decided to use the crmAPI to display information like membership and custom fields without having to navigate to other tabs.

Although I understand the principle how the crmAPI works, I have a hard time guessing what the available entities and items are as I cannot find a reference.

The single page explaining how the crmAPI works in the documentation only makes reference to the civicrm api v2 but still cannot bring any data into the summary.

Is there a place where I can find which entity and item I should use to get the correct data?  Is this something that it is kept secret so developers can make money off it?  I don't know if I am looking in the wrong place but it is strange no documentation exists for something as basic as customizing a template.

I am using civiCRM v 3.2 for Joomla 1.5

Thanks in advance.

The API & hook forum is a better one than using CiviCRM to get more info. The first post should provide you some pointers:
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,15550.msg66632.html#msg66632

I am trying to modify the default summary tab and decided to use the crmAPI to display information like membership and custom fields without having to navigate to other tabs.

Probably the easiest indeed.

Is there a place where I can find which entity and item I should use to get the correct data?  Is this something that it is kept secret so developers can make money off it? 

Did you uncover a conspiracy ? Luckily, you can make the parameters less secret and add in the wiki all the secrets you found

All the apis have the same parameters, with a slightly different syntax. We did try documenting one (using mostly the php API), but whatever you read will work as well;

Start by reading the relevant sections in the book we wrote and is available online (for free)
http://en.flossmanuals.net/CiviCRM/DevelopAPI

Oh, and as you mentioned money, feel free to buy the printed version, the money goes directly into funding more dev and documentation 

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