code: def get_guest_property(self, name):
          
          if not isinstance(name, basestring):
              raise TypeError("name can only be an instance of type basestring")
          (value, timestamp, flags) = self._call("getGuestProperty",
                       in_p=[name])
          return (value, timestamp, flags)
docs: Reads an entry from the machine's guest property store.
  
          in name of type str
              The name of the property to read.
  
          out value of type str
              The value of the property. If the property does not exist then this
              will be empty.
  
          out timestamp of type int
              The time at which the property was last modified, as seen by the
              server process.
  
          out flags of type str
              Additional property parameters, passed as a comma-separated list of
              "name=value" type entries.
  
          raises :class:`VBoxErrorInvalidVmState`
              Machine session is not open.