def search(self, regex):
        try:
            spec = {'$or': [{'data.content'    : {'$regex': regex, '$options': 'im'}},
                            {'data.description': {'$regex': regex, '$options': 'im'}}]}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return [Document(**row) for row in cur]
def union(matches, root, cwd):
    """Union a list of matchers.

    If the list is empty, return nevermatcher.
    If the list only contains one non-None value, return that matcher.
    Otherwise return a union matcher.
    """
    matches = list(filter(None, matches))
    if len(matches) == 0:
        return nevermatcher(root, cwd)
    elif len(matches) == 1:
        return matches[0]
    else:
        return unionmatcher(matches)