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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 touch_project():
 """ Touches the project to trigger refreshing its cauldron.json state. """

    r = Response()
    project = cd.project.get_internal_project()

    if project:
        project.refresh()
    else:
        r.fail(
            code='NO_PROJECT',
            message='No open project to refresh'
        )

    return r.update(
        sync_time=sync_status.get('time', 0)
    ).flask_serialize()