diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
index d8f7b476..fde7aaf2 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -54,16 +54,17 @@ class Extractor():
         return config.interpolate(
             ("extractor", self.category, self.subcategory, key), default)
 
-    def request(self, url, method="GET", *,
+    def request(self, url, method="GET", *, session=None,
                 encoding=None, expect=(), retries=None, **kwargs):
         tries = 0
         retries = retries or self._retries
+        session = session or self.session
         kwargs.setdefault("timeout", self._timeout)
         kwargs.setdefault("verify", self._verify)
 
         while True:
             try:
-                response = self.session.request(method, url, **kwargs)
+                response = session.request(method, url, **kwargs)
             except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
                     requests.exceptions.Timeout,
                     requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError,
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/flickr.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/flickr.py
index 7ffb43d7..9de50c74 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/flickr.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/flickr.py
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ class FlickrAPI(oauth.OAuth1API):
         else:
             self.formats = self.FORMATS
         self.formats = self.formats[:4]
-        self.subcategory = extractor.subcategory
 
     def favorites_getList(self, user_id):
         """Returns a list of the user's favorite photos."""
@@ -387,10 +386,10 @@ class FlickrAPI(oauth.OAuth1API):
         params["nojsoncallback"] = "1"
         if self.api_key:
             params["api_key"] = self.api_key
-        data = self.session.get(self.API_URL, params=params).json()
+        data = self.request(self.API_URL, params=params).json()
         if "code" in data:
             if data["code"] == 1:
-                raise exception.NotFoundError(self.subcategory)
+                raise exception.NotFoundError(self.extractor.subcategory)
             elif data["code"] == 98:
                 raise exception.AuthenticationError(data.get("message"))
             elif data["code"] == 99:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/smugmug.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/smugmug.py
index cec9e80e..53d3760f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/smugmug.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/smugmug.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class SmugmugAPI(oauth.OAuth1API):
             params["APIKey"] = self.api_key
         params["_verbosity"] = "1"
 
-        response = self.session.get(url, params=params, headers=self.HEADERS)
+        response = self.request(url, params=params, headers=self.HEADERS)
         data = response.json()
 
         if 200 <= data["Code"] < 400:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
index 508a6e1c..accacc5f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class TumblrAPI(oauth.OAuth1API):
         url = "https://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/{}/{}".format(
             blog, endpoint)
 
-        response = self.session.get(url, params=params)
+        response = self.request(url, params=params)
         data = response.json()
         status = data["meta"]["status"]
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/oauth.py b/gallery_dl/oauth.py
index ee66504d..58126aca 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/oauth.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/oauth.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ class OAuth1API():
 
     def __init__(self, extractor):
         self.log = extractor.log
+        self.extractor = extractor
 
         api_key = extractor.config("api-key", self.API_KEY)
         api_secret = extractor.config("api-secret", self.API_SECRET)
@@ -124,3 +125,8 @@ class OAuth1API():
             self.log.debug("Using api_key authentication")
             self.session = extractor.session
             self.api_key = api_key
+
+    def request(self, url, method="GET", *, expect=range(400, 500), **kwargs):
+        kwargs["expect"] = expect
+        kwargs["session"] = self.session
+        return self.extractor.request(url, method, **kwargs)