def build_text_search(strings, name_field='name'):
    """Build mongodb query that performs text search for string(s).

    This is the backend implementation of the front-end search box on a list.
    It performs text search on a text index and a regex search on a `name`
    field. The value(s) for this are parsed by `rest.process_params` from the
    `q` query param.

    :param list strings: strings to search on.
    :keyword str name: field to search on in addition to search index.

    For example, searching the following collection for 'john':

    #  Name    Description (in text index)
    -  ------  ---------------------------
    1  John    Big boss
    2  Johnny  Boss' son
    3  Thomas  John's first employee
    4  Henry   He quit

    Search returns all records except the last one:
    #1 - match on name
    #2 - partial match on name
    #3 - text index match on description

    >>> import pprint
    >>> pprint.pprint(build_text_search(['john']))
    {'$or': [{'$text': {'$search': 'john'}},
             {'name': {'$options': 'i', '$regex': 'john'}}]}

    >>> import pprint
    >>> pprint.pprint(build_text_search(['john', 'tom'], name_field='objName'))
    {'$or': [{'$text': {'$search': 'john tom'}},
             {'$or': [{'objName': {'$options': 'i', '$regex': 'john'}},
                      {'objName': {'$options': 'i', '$regex': 'tom'}}]}]}
    """
    assert isinstance(strings, list)

    text_search = {'$text': {'$search': ' '.join(strings)}}

    searches = [{name_field: {'$regex': s, '$options': 'i'}} for s in strings]
    if len(searches) == 1:
        name_search = searches[0]
    else:
        name_search = {'$or': searches}

    return {'$or': [text_search, name_search]}