docs: def get_info(self, symbol):
          """
          Returns information about the symbol, in a dictionary
  
          Parameters
          ----------
          symbol: str
              the symbol for the given item in the DB
  
          Returns
          -------
          dictionary
          """
          sym = self._get_symbol_info(symbol)
          if not sym:
              raise NoDataFoundException("Symbol does not exist.")
          ret = {}
          ret['chunk_count'] = sym[CHUNK_COUNT]
          ret['len'] = sym[LEN]
          ret['appended_rows'] = sym[APPEND_COUNT]
          ret['metadata'] = sym[METADATA] if METADATA in sym else None
          ret['chunker'] = sym[CHUNKER]
          ret['chunk_size'] = sym[CHUNK_SIZE] if CHUNK_SIZE in sym else 0
          ret['serializer'] = sym[SERIALIZER]
          return ret