diff --git a/python/hopsworks/__init__.py b/python/hopsworks/__init__.py
index 23dcea9df..836b21da9 100644
--- a/python/hopsworks/__init__.py
+++ b/python/hopsworks/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 from hopsworks.client.exceptions import RestAPIError, ProjectException
 from hopsworks import version, constants, client
 from hopsworks.connection import Connection
+from hopsworks.core import project_api, secret_api
+from hopsworks.decorators import NoHopsworksConnectionError
 
 # Needs to run before import of hsml and hsfs
 warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=UserWarning, module=r".*psycopg2")
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@
 _hw_connection = Connection.connection
 
 _connected_project = None
-
+_secrets_api = None
+_project_api = None
 
 def hw_formatwarning(message, category, filename, lineno, line=None):
     return "{}: {}\n".format(category.__name__, message)
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ def login(
     if "REST_ENDPOINT" in os.environ:
         _hw_connection = _hw_connection()
         _connected_project = _hw_connection.get_project()
+        _initialize_module_apis()
         print("\nLogged in to project, explore it here " + _connected_project.get_url())
         return _connected_project
 
@@ -173,6 +177,7 @@ def login(
                 "\nLogged in to project, explore it here "
                 + _connected_project.get_url()
             )
+            _initialize_module_apis()
             return _connected_project
         except RestAPIError:
             logout()
@@ -200,7 +205,12 @@ def login(
         logout()
         raise e
 
-    print("\nLogged in to project, explore it here " + _connected_project.get_url())
+    if _connected_project is None:
+        print("Could not find any project, use hopsworks.create_project('my_project') to create one")
+    else:
+        print("\nLogged in to project, explore it here " + _connected_project.get_url())
+
+    _initialize_module_apis()
     return _connected_project
 
 
@@ -246,7 +256,7 @@ def _prompt_project(valid_connection, project):
     saas_projects = valid_connection.get_projects()
     if project is None:
         if len(saas_projects) == 0:
-            raise ProjectException("Could not find any project")
+            return None
         elif len(saas_projects) == 1:
             return saas_projects[0]
         else:
@@ -283,7 +293,72 @@ def _prompt_project(valid_connection, project):
 
 def logout():
     global _hw_connection
-    if isinstance(_hw_connection, Connection):
+    global _project_api
+    global _secrets_api
+
+    if _is_connection_active():
         _hw_connection.close()
+
     client.stop()
+    _project_api = None
+    _secrets_api = None
     _hw_connection = Connection.connection
+
+def _is_connection_active():
+    global _hw_connection
+    return isinstance(_hw_connection, Connection)
+
+def _initialize_module_apis():
+    global _project_api
+    global _secrets_api
+    _project_api = project_api.ProjectApi()
+    _secrets_api = secret_api.SecretsApi()
+
+def create_project(
+        name: str, description: str = None, feature_store_topic: str = None
+):
+    """Create a new project.
+
+    Example for creating a new project
+
+    ```python
+
+    import hopsworks
+
+    hopsworks.login()
+
+    hopsworks.create_project("my_hopsworks_project", description="An example Hopsworks project")
+
+    ```
+    # Arguments
+        name: The name of the project.
+        description: optional description of the project
+        feature_store_topic: optional feature store topic name
+
+    # Returns
+        `Project`. A project handle object to perform operations on.
+    """
+    global _hw_connection
+    global _connected_project
+
+    if not _is_connection_active():
+        raise NoHopsworksConnectionError()
+
+    new_project = _hw_connection._project_api._create_project(name, description, feature_store_topic)
+    if _connected_project is None:
+        _connected_project = new_project
+        print("Setting {} as the active project".format(_connected_project.name))
+        return _connected_project
+    else:
+        print("You are already using the project {}, to access the new project use hopsworks.login(project='{}')".format(_connected_project.name, new_project.name))
+
+def get_secrets_api():
+    """Get the secrets api.
+
+    # Returns
+        `SecretsApi`: The Secrets Api handle
+    """
+    global _secrets_api
+    if not _is_connection_active():
+        raise NoHopsworksConnectionError()
+    return _secrets_api
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diff --git a/python/hopsworks/core/secret_api.py b/python/hopsworks/core/secret_api.py
index a39a2dca0..60a1f9415 100644
--- a/python/hopsworks/core/secret_api.py
+++ b/python/hopsworks/core/secret_api.py
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 #   limitations under the License.
 #
 
-from hopsworks import client, secret
+from hopsworks import client, secret, util
 from hopsworks.core import project_api
 import json
+import getpass
+from hopsworks.client.exceptions import RestAPIError
 
 
 class SecretsApi:
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ def get_secret(self, name: str, owner: str = None):
         """Get a secret.
 
         # Arguments
-            name: Name of the project.
+            name: Name of the secret.
             owner: email of the owner for a secret shared with the current project.
         # Returns
             `Secret`: The Secret object
@@ -69,9 +71,33 @@ def get_secret(self, name: str, owner: str = None):
                 "shared",
             ]
 
-        return secret.Secret.from_response_json(
-            _client._send_request("GET", path_params, query_params=query_params)
-        )[0]
+        return secret.Secret.from_response_json(_client._send_request("GET", path_params, query_params=query_params))[0]
+
+    def get(self, name: str, owner: str = None):
+        """Get the secret's value.
+        If the secret does not exist, it prompts the user to create the secret if the application is running interactively
+
+        # Arguments
+            name: Name of the secret.
+            owner: email of the owner for a secret shared with the current project.
+        # Returns
+            `str`: The secret value
+        # Raises
+            `RestAPIError`: If unable to get the secret
+        """
+        try:
+            return self.get_secret(name=name, owner=owner).value
+        except RestAPIError as e:
+            print(e.response.json())
+            if (
+                    e.response.json().get("errorCode", "") == 160048
+                    and e.response.status_code == 404
+                    and util.is_interactive()
+            ):
+                secret_input = getpass.getpass(prompt="\nCould not find secret, enter value here to create it: ")
+                return self.create_secret(name, secret_input).value
+            else:
+                raise e
 
     def create_secret(self, name: str, value: str, project: str = None):
         """Create a new secret.
diff --git a/python/hopsworks/project.py b/python/hopsworks/project.py
index 1ae45fb0a..30358ffcd 100644
--- a/python/hopsworks/project.py
+++ b/python/hopsworks/project.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ def get_feature_store(self, name: str = None):
         Defaulting to the project name of default feature store. To get a
         shared feature store, the project name of the feature store is required.
 
+        # Arguments
+            name: Project name of the feature store.
         # Returns
             `hsfs.feature_store.FeatureStore`: The Feature Store API
         # Raises
diff --git a/python/hopsworks/util.py b/python/hopsworks/util.py
index 70712431a..66ad8be70 100644
--- a/python/hopsworks/util.py
+++ b/python/hopsworks/util.py
@@ -79,3 +79,7 @@ def get_hostname_replaced_url(sub_path: str):
     href = urljoin(client.get_instance()._base_url, sub_path)
     url_parsed = client.get_instance().replace_public_host(urlparse(href))
     return url_parsed.geturl()
+
+def is_interactive():
+    import __main__ as main
+    return not hasattr(main, '__file__')
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