diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/directlink.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/directlink.py
index 2f0230af..4559aff9 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/directlink.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/directlink.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class DirectlinkExtractor(Extractor):
 
     def __init__(self, match):
         Extractor.__init__(self, match)
-        self.data = match.groupdict()
+        self.data = data = match.groupdict()
+        self.subcategory = ".".join(data["domain"].rsplit(".", 2)[-2:])
 
     def items(self):
         data = self.data
diff --git a/test/results/directlink.py b/test/results/directlink.py
index 3309cef9..4f9d901d 100644
--- a/test/results/directlink.py
+++ b/test/results/directlink.py
@@ -10,164 +10,195 @@ from gallery_dl.extractor import directlink
 __tests__ = (
 {
     "#url"     : "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/project-logos/enwiki.png",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "wikipedia.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
     "#sha1_url"     : "18c5d00077332e98e53be9fed2ee4be66154b88d",
-    "#sha1_metadata": "105770a3f4393618ab7b811b731b22663b5d3794",
+    "#sha1_metadata": "326ac83735d3a103ccd71f2aeea831f6d62e7836",
     "#sha1_content" : "e6f58aaec8f31eb222f9e10fa9e9f64b79ae888c",
+
+    "category"   : "directlink",
+    "subcategory": "wikipedia.org",
+    "domain"     : "en.wikipedia.org",
+    "path"       : "static/images/project-logos",
+    "filename"   : "enwiki",
+    "extension"  : "png",
+    "query"      : None,
+    "fragment"   : None,
 },
 
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.webm",
     "#comment" : "empty path",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
-    "#sha1_url"     : "2d807ed7059d1b532f1bb71dc24b510b80ff943f",
-    "#sha1_metadata": "29dad729c40fb09349f83edafa498dba1297464a",
+    "#urls"    : "https://example.org/file.webm",
+
+    "domain"   : "example.org",
+    "path"     : "",
+    "filename" : "file",
+    "extension": "webm",
 },
 
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/path/to/file.webm?que=1?&ry=2/#fragment",
     "#comment" : "more complex example",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
-    "#sha1_url"     : "6fb1061390f8aada3db01cb24b51797c7ee42b31",
-    "#sha1_metadata": "3d7abc31d45ba324e59bc599c3b4862452d5f29c",
+    "#urls"    : "https://example.org/path/to/file.webm?que=1?&ry=2/#fragment",
+
+    "domain"   : "example.org",
+    "path"     : "path/to",
+    "filename" : "file",
+    "extension": "webm",
+    "query"    : "que=1?&ry=2/",
+    "fragment" : "fragment",
 },
 
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/%27%3C%23/%23%3E%27.jpg?key=%3C%26%3E",
     "#comment" : "percent-encoded characters",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
-    "#sha1_url"     : "2627e8140727fdf743f86fe18f69f99a052c9718",
-    "#sha1_metadata": "831790fddda081bdddd14f96985ab02dc5b5341f",
+    "#urls"    : "https://example.org/%27%3C%23/%23%3E%27.jpg?key=%3C%26%3E",
+
+    "domain"   : "example.org",
+    "path"     : "'<#",
+    "filename" : "#>'",
+    "extension": "jpg",
+    "query"    : "key=<&>",
+    "fragment" : None,
 },
 
 {
     "#url"     : "https://post-phinf.pstatic.net/MjAxOTA1MjlfMTQ4/MDAxNTU5MTI2NjcyNTkw.JUzkGb4V6dj9DXjLclrOoqR64uDxHFUO5KDriRdKpGwg.88mCtd4iT1NHlpVKSCaUpPmZPiDgT8hmQdQ5K_gYyu0g.JPEG/2.JPG",
     "#comment" : "upper case file extension (#296)",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "pstatic.net"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 
 {
     "#url"     : "https://räksmörgås.josefsson.org/raksmorgas.jpg",
     "#comment" : "internationalized domain name",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "josefsson.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
-    "#sha1_url"     : "a65667f670b194afbd1e3ea5e7a78938d36747da",
-    "#sha1_metadata": "fd5037fe86eebd4764e176cbaf318caec0f700be",
+    "#urls"    : "https://räksmörgås.josefsson.org/raksmorgas.jpg",
+
+    "domain"   : "räksmörgås.josefsson.org",
+    "path"     : "",
+    "filename" : "raksmorgas",
+    "extension": "jpg",
+    "query"    : None,
+    "fragment" : None,
 },
 
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.gif",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.bmp",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.svg",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.webp",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.avif",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.heic",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.psd",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.mp4",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.m4v",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.mov",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.mkv",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.ogg",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.ogm",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.ogv",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.wav",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.mp3",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.opus",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.zip",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.rar",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.7z",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.pdf",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },
 {
     "#url"     : "https://example.org/file.swf",
-    "#category": ("", "directlink", ""),
+    "#category": ("", "directlink", "example.org"),
     "#class"   : directlink.DirectlinkExtractor,
 },