fixed issues with test and project creation moved to init

sdk/python/feast/infra/registry/http.py

@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ def __init__(
             headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
         )
         self.project = project
+        self.apply_project(self.project)
         self.cached_registry_proto = self.proto()
-        proto_registry_utils.init_project_metadata(self.cached_registry_proto, project)
         self.cached_registry_proto_created = datetime.utcnow()
         self._refresh_lock = Lock()
         self.cached_registry_proto_ttl = timedelta(
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ def _send_request(self, method: str, url: str, params=None, data=None):
         except Exception as exception:
             self._handle_exception(exception)
 
+    def apply_project(
+        self, entity: Entity, project: str, commit: bool = True
+    ) -> ProjectMetadataModel:
+        try:
+            url = f"{self.base_url}/projects"
+            params = {"project": project, "commit": commit}
+            response_data = self._send_request("PUT", url, params=params)
+            return ProjectMetadataModel.parse_obj(response_data)
+        except Exception as exception:
+            self._handle_exception(exception)
+
     def apply_entity(self, entity: Entity, project: str, commit: bool = True):
         try:
             url = f"{self.base_url}/projects/{project}/entities"