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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def vb_get_machine(name, **kwargs):
    '''
    Attempts to fetch a machine from Virtualbox and convert it to a dict

    @param name: The unique name of the machine
    @type name:
    @param kwargs: To be passed to vb_xpcom_to_attribute_dict
    @type kwargs:
    @return:
    @rtype: dict
    '''
    vbox = vb_get_box()
    machine = vbox.findMachine(name)
    return vb_xpcom_to_attribute_dict(machine, 'IMachine', **kwargs)