how do I get search with gitter? well I could build it...initial survey

Get Messages to search for a particular one:

First get the ID:
curl -X POST -i -H "Content--H "Accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer {{token}}" "https://api.gitter.im/v1/rooms" -d '{"uri":"solid/node-solid-server"}'

Remember authorization: https://developer.gitter.im/docs/authentication

Then get the messages by the room id:
https://developer.gitter.im/docs/rooms-resource
https://api.gitter.im/v1/rooms/:roomId/chatMessages

Then add this JSON object to your index

For a process that updates, use the streaming API: https://developer.gitter.im/docs/streaming-api

For indexing: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Transforming+and+Indexing+Custom+JSON