diff --git a/nlsr.c b/nlsr.c
index 189e11f..f983557 100644
--- a/nlsr.c
+++ b/nlsr.c
@@ -597,6 +597,18 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+char *
+process_api_client_command(char *command)
+{
+	char *msg;
+	msg=(char *)malloc(100);	
+	memset(msg,100,0);
+	strcpy(msg,"Action Carried Out for NLSR Api Client");
+
+	
+
+	return msg;
+}
 
 int
 nlsr_api_server_poll(long int time_out_micro_sec, int ccn_fd)
@@ -655,9 +667,11 @@
 				{
 					recv(fd, recv_buffer, 1024, 0);
 					printf("Received Data from NLSR API cleint: %s \n",recv_buffer);
+					char *msg=process_api_client_command(recv_buffer);
+					send(fd, msg, strlen(msg),0);
+					free(msg);
 					close(fd);
 					FD_CLR(fd, &nlsr->readfds);
-					free(recv_buffer);
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/nlsrc.c b/nlsrc.c
index e980687..20e199f 100755
--- a/nlsrc.c
+++ b/nlsrc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	struct sockaddr_un address;
 	int result;
 	int byteSend;
-
+	
 	int command_len=0;
 	int i;
 
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 	if ( strcmp(argv[2],"neighbor") == 0 && argc <5 )
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
+	char recv_buffer[1024];
+	bzero(recv_buffer,1024);
+
 	for(i=1;i<argc;i++)
 		command_len+=(strlen(argv[i])+1);
 	char *command=malloc(command_len);
@@ -58,8 +61,10 @@
 		perror("oops nlsrc ");
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	printf("Data to send: %s \n",command);
+	printf("Command to send: %s \n",command);
 	byteSend=send(sockfd, command, strlen(command),0);
+	recv(sockfd, recv_buffer, 1024, 0);
+	printf("%s\n",recv_buffer);
 	free(command);
 	close(sockfd);
 	exit(0);