diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/LivyClient.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/LivyClient.java
index fc03a1f7a..5181fba45 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/LivyClient.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/LivyClient.java
@@ -107,4 +107,18 @@ public interface LivyClient {
    */
   Future<?> addFile(URI uri);
 
+  /**
+   *  Retrieves the session id internally created by Livy.
+   *
+   * @return An integer representing the session id of the running session
+   */
+  int getSessionId();
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieves the internally generated session app id.
+   *
+   * @return A string representing the livy session app id.
+   */
+  String getSessionAppId();
+
 }
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/livy/TestClientFactory.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/livy/TestClientFactory.java
index 622908c04..793a87b4f 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/livy/TestClientFactory.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/livy/TestClientFactory.java
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ public Future<?> addFile(URI uri) {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getSessionId(){throw new UnsupportedOperationException();}
+
+    @Override
+    public String getSessionAppId(){throw new UnsupportedOperationException();}
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/client-http/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/client/http/HttpClient.java b/client-http/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/client/http/HttpClient.java
index f40148f94..7587d6ec3 100644
--- a/client-http/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/client/http/HttpClient.java
+++ b/client-http/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/client/http/HttpClient.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class HttpClient implements LivyClient {
 
   private final HttpConf config;
   private final LivyConnection conn;
-  private final int sessionId;
+  private final SessionInfo session;
   private final ScheduledExecutorService executor;
   private final Serializer serializer;
 
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class HttpClient implements LivyClient {
           m.group(1), uri.getQuery(), uri.getFragment());
 
         this.conn = new LivyConnection(base, httpConf);
-        this.sessionId = Integer.parseInt(m.group(2));
-        conn.post(null, SessionInfo.class, "/%d/connect", sessionId);
+        int sessionId = Integer.parseInt(m.group(2));
+        session = conn.post(null, SessionInfo.class, "/%d/connect", sessionId);
       } else {
         Map<String, String> sessionConf = new HashMap<>();
         for (Map.Entry<String, String> e : config) {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class HttpClient implements LivyClient {
 
         ClientMessage create = new CreateClientRequest(sessionConf);
         this.conn = new LivyConnection(uri, httpConf);
-        this.sessionId = conn.post(create, SessionInfo.class, "/").id;
+        this.session = conn.post(create, SessionInfo.class, "/");
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw propagate(e);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class HttpClient implements LivyClient {
     this.executor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(new ThreadFactory() {
       @Override
       public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
-        Thread t = new Thread(r, "HttpClient-" + sessionId);
+        Thread t = new Thread(r, "HttpClient-" + session.id);
         t.setDaemon(true);
         return t;
       }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public synchronized void stop(boolean shutdownContext) {
       executor.shutdownNow();
       try {
         if (shutdownContext) {
-          conn.delete(Map.class, "/%s", sessionId);
+          conn.delete(Map.class, "/%s", session.id);
         }
       } catch (Exception e) {
         throw propagate(e);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ private Future<?> uploadResource(final File file, final String command, final St
     Callable<Void> task = new Callable<Void>() {
       @Override
       public Void call() throws Exception {
-        conn.post(file, Void.class,  paramName, "/%d/%s", sessionId, command);
+        conn.post(file, Void.class,  paramName, "/%d/%s", session.id, command);
         return null;
       }
     };
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ private Future<?> addResource(final String command, final URI resource) {
       @Override
       public Void call() throws Exception {
         ClientMessage msg = new AddResource(resource.toString());
-        conn.post(msg, Void.class, "/%d/%s", sessionId, command);
+        conn.post(msg, Void.class, "/%d/%s", session.id, command);
         return null;
       }
     };
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public Void call() throws Exception {
 
   private <T> JobHandleImpl<T> sendJob(final String command, Job<T> job) {
     final ByteBuffer serializedJob = serializer.serialize(job);
-    JobHandleImpl<T> handle = new JobHandleImpl<T>(config, conn, sessionId, executor, serializer);
+    JobHandleImpl<T> handle = new JobHandleImpl<T>(config, conn, session.id, executor, serializer);
     handle.start(command, serializedJob);
     return handle;
   }
@@ -183,9 +183,12 @@ private RuntimeException propagate(Exception cause) {
     }
   }
 
-  // For testing.
-  int getSessionId() {
-    return sessionId;
+
+  public int getSessionId() {
+    return session.id;
   }
 
+
+  public String getSessionAppId() { return session.appId;}
+
 }
diff --git a/client-http/src/test/scala/org/apache/livy/client/http/HttpClientSpec.scala b/client-http/src/test/scala/org/apache/livy/client/http/HttpClientSpec.scala
index f53d9f5b4..dcd46ec86 100644
--- a/client-http/src/test/scala/org/apache/livy/client/http/HttpClientSpec.scala
+++ b/client-http/src/test/scala/org/apache/livy/client/http/HttpClientSpec.scala
@@ -181,6 +181,30 @@ class HttpClientSpec extends FunSpecLike with BeforeAndAfterAll with LivyBaseUni
       testJob(false, response = Some(null))
     }
 
+    withClient("should retrieve session id and sessionAppID") {
+      var id = client.getSessionId()
+      assert(id === sessionId)
+
+      var appId = client.getSessionAppId()
+      assert(Some(appId) === session.appId)
+
+    }
+
+    withClient("should retrieve session id when reconnecting to  a session") {
+      var sid = client.asInstanceOf[HttpClient].getSessionId()
+      val uri = s"http://${InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress}:${server.port}" +
+        s"${LivyConnection.SESSIONS_URI}/$sid"
+      val newClient = new LivyClientBuilder(false).setURI(new URI(uri)).build()
+      newClient.stop(false)
+
+      var id = client.getSessionId()
+      assert(id === sessionId)
+
+      var appId = client.getSessionAppId()
+      assert(Some(appId) === session.appId)
+
+    }
+
     withClient("should connect to existing sessions") {
       var sid = client.asInstanceOf[HttpClient].getSessionId()
       val uri = s"http://${InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress}:${server.port}" +
@@ -256,6 +280,7 @@ private object HttpClientSpec {
   // Hack warning: keep the session object available so that individual tests can mock
   // the desired behavior before making requests to the server.
   var session: InteractiveSession = _
+  var sessionId: Int = _
 
 }
 
@@ -272,9 +297,10 @@ private class HttpClientTestBootstrap extends LifeCycle {
       override protected def createSession(req: HttpServletRequest): InteractiveSession = {
         val session = mock(classOf[InteractiveSession])
         val id = sessionManager.nextId()
+        val sessionAppId: String = "ASD"
         when(session.id).thenReturn(id)
         when(session.name).thenReturn(None)
-        when(session.appId).thenReturn(None)
+        when(session.appId).thenReturn(Some(sessionAppId))
         when(session.appInfo).thenReturn(AppInfo())
         when(session.state).thenReturn(SessionState.Idle)
         when(session.proxyUser).thenReturn(None)
@@ -282,6 +308,7 @@ private class HttpClientTestBootstrap extends LifeCycle {
         when(session.stop()).thenReturn(Future.successful(()))
         require(HttpClientSpec.session == null, "Session already created?")
         HttpClientSpec.session = session
+        HttpClientSpec.sessionId = id
         session
       }
     }
diff --git a/rsc/pom.xml b/rsc/pom.xml
index 833ad8366..613de06f6 100644
--- a/rsc/pom.xml
+++ b/rsc/pom.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.livy</groupId>
+          <artifactId>livy-api</artifactId>
+          <version>0.8.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <scope>compile</scope>
+      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/rsc/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/rsc/RSCClient.java b/rsc/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/rsc/RSCClient.java
index c1c953400..cf7a92739 100644
--- a/rsc/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/rsc/RSCClient.java
+++ b/rsc/src/main/java/org/apache/livy/rsc/RSCClient.java
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@
 import org.apache.livy.rsc.rpc.Rpc;
 import org.apache.livy.sessions.SessionState;
 
-import static org.apache.livy.rsc.RSCConf.Entry.*;
+
+
+import static org.apache.livy.rsc.RSCConf.Entry.CLIENT_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT;
+import static org.apache.livy.rsc.RSCConf.Entry.RPC_MAX_THREADS;
 
 public class RSCClient implements LivyClient {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RSCClient.class);
@@ -426,10 +429,15 @@ private void handle(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ReplState msg) {
       LOG.trace("Received repl state for {}", msg.state);
       // Update last activity timestamp when state change is from busy to idle.
       if (SessionState.Busy$.MODULE$.state().equals(replState) && msg != null &&
-        SessionState.Idle$.MODULE$.state().equals(msg.state)) {
+              SessionState.Idle$.MODULE$.state().equals(msg.state)) {
         replLastActivity = System.nanoTime();
       }
       replState = msg.state;
     }
   }
+  @Override
+  public String getSessionAppId(){throw new UnsupportedOperationException();}
+
+  @Override
+  public int getSessionId(){throw new UnsupportedOperationException();}
 }