code: def shards(self):
          
          url = '/'.join((self.database_url, '_shards'))
          resp = self.r_session.get(url)
          resp.raise_for_status()
  
          return response_to_json_dict(resp)
docs: Retrieves information about the shards in the current remote database.
  
          :returns: Shard information retrieval status in JSON format