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 update(self, *args, **kwargs):
        chain = []
        for arg in args:
            if isinstance(arg, dict):
                iterator = arg.items()
            else:
                iterator = arg
            chain = itertools.chain(chain, iterator)
        if kwargs:
            chain = itertools.chain(chain, kwargs.items())
        for key, value in iterator:
            self._collection[key] = self._from_python(key, value)