TypeError: 'NoneType' for 'channel ID' when constructing channel link in youtubesearchpython (componenthandler.py)

Author: inspector3535Created May 3, 2026Updated May 3, 2026

Greetings,

I am experiencing an issue when trying to search for and play videos using Yewtube. For any search, the app throws a TypeError traceback instead of displaying results. This issue has been occurring since two days.

Environment:

OS: Windows 11 Version 25H2 (OS Build 26200.8246)
Python Version: Python 3.13.13
Pip Version: pip 26.1 from C:\Users\sonay\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.13)

Required Library Versions: yewtube 2.13.1
yewtube-search-python 1.6.7
yt-dlp 2026.3.17
pafy 0.5.5

Error Traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\sonay\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\mps_youtube\main.py", line 78, in matchfunction
    func(*matches)
    ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\sonay\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\mps_youtube\commands\search.py", line 310, in search
    wdata = pafy.search_videos(term, int(config.PAGES.get))
  File "C:\Users\sonay\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\mps_youtube\pafy.py", line 76, in search_videos
    videosSearch.next()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\sonay\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\youtubesearchpython\search.py", line 152, in next
    return self._next()
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\sonay\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\youtubesearchpython\core\search.py", line 94, in _next
    self._getComponents(*self.searchMode)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\sonay\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\youtubesearchpython\core\search.py", line 114, in _getComponents
    self.resultComponents.append(self._getVideoComponent(element))
                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\sonay\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\youtubesearchpython\handlers\componenthandler.py", line 32, in _getVideoComponent
    component['channel']['link'] = 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/' + component['channel']['id']
                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "NoneType") to str

Steps to reproduce the issue:

Opened my terminal.
Navigate to my desired directory cd c:\Users\sonay\Documents) (to save the error output).
Executed a search query in Yewtube. For example: yt /sevsen ne olur AI cover
Observed the TypeError traceback. Note: I have already tried updating Yewtube and all of it's components, but the issue persists. Expected behavior: Yewtube should display search results for the query, allowing me to select and play a video.

Actual behavior: Instead of search results, a TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "NoneType") to str traceback is displayed, and no videos are loaded.

Regards, Mert.

Source: mps-youtube/yewtube

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