diff --git a/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
index f9c7d8614..b01201a2f 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
@@ -1029,6 +1029,9 @@ namespace Jackett.Indexers
                     case "urldecode":
                         Data = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(Data, Encoding);
                         break;
+                    case "urlencode":
+                        Data = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(Data, Encoding);
+                        break;
                     case "timeago":
                     case "reltime":
                         Data = DateTimeUtil.FromTimeAgo(Data).ToString(DateTimeUtil.RFC1123ZPattern);
@@ -1036,6 +1039,9 @@ namespace Jackett.Indexers
                     case "fuzzytime":
                         Data = DateTimeUtil.FromUnknown(Data).ToString(DateTimeUtil.RFC1123ZPattern);
                         break;
+                    case "validfilename":
+                        Data = StringUtil.MakeValidFileName(Data, '_', false);
+                        break;
                     case "hexdump":
                         // this is mainly for debugging invisible special char related issues
                         var HexData = string.Join("", Data.Select(c => c + "(" + ((int)c).ToString("X2") + ")"));
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Utils/StringUtil.cs b/src/Jackett/Utils/StringUtil.cs
index ff9d6e959..0c91ffc55 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Utils/StringUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Utils/StringUtil.cs
@@ -89,6 +89,43 @@ namespace Jackett.Utils
             return String.Join("\n", fields);
         }
 
+        static char[] MakeValidFileName_invalids;
+
+        /// <summary>Replaces characters in <c>text</c> that are not allowed in 
+        /// file names with the specified replacement character.</summary>
+        /// <param name="text">Text to make into a valid filename. The same string is returned if it is valid already.</param>
+        /// <param name="replacement">Replacement character, or null to simply remove bad characters.</param>
+        /// <param name="fancy">Whether to replace quotes and slashes with the non-ASCII characters ” and ⁄.</param>
+        /// <returns>A string that can be used as a filename. If the output string would otherwise be empty, returns "_".</returns>
+        public static string MakeValidFileName(string text, char? replacement = '_', bool fancy = true)
+        {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(text.Length);
+            var invalids = MakeValidFileName_invalids ?? (MakeValidFileName_invalids = Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars());
+            bool changed = false;
+            for (int i = 0; i < text.Length; i++)
+            {
+                char c = text[i];
+                if (invalids.Contains(c))
+                {
+                    changed = true;
+                    var repl = replacement ?? '\0';
+                    if (fancy)
+                    {
+                        if (c == '"') repl = '”'; // U+201D right double quotation mark
+                        else if (c == '\'') repl = '’'; // U+2019 right single quotation mark
+                        else if (c == '/') repl = '⁄'; // U+2044 fraction slash
+                    }
+                    if (repl != '\0')
+                        sb.Append(repl);
+                }
+                else
+                    sb.Append(c);
+            }
+            if (sb.Length == 0)
+                return "_";
+            return changed ? sb.ToString() : text;
+        }
+
         public static string GetQueryString(this NameValueCollection collection, Encoding encoding = null)
         {
             if (encoding == null)