"WARNING:root:NoneType: None" when using search query

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I'm having a rather strange issue that I can't figure out. I've been using youtube-dl on my discord bot for months now and have had no issues but all of a sudden if I try and search for a video using a search query it'll download the video but then say "WARNING:root:NoneType: None" and I'm not able to play it. However, if I use a URL instead it works fine. I can't understand what's happening here as I used to be able to use search query's with no problem. I'm on the latest version and have tried multiple previous versions to no avail.
Here's the code I have for my discord bot if anyone is interested.

@client.command(pass_context=True)
async def play(ctx,*, url):
user=ctx.message.author
voice_channel=user.voice.voice_channel
server = ctx.message.server
if voice_channel!= None:
    if "542354976966705192" in [role.id for role in ctx.message.author.roles]:
        try:
            await client.join_voice_channel(ctx.message.author.voice.voice_channel)
        except discord.errors.ClientException:
            pass
        voice_client = client.voice_client_in(server)
    
        embed=discord.Embed(title=("🎶 Getting the audio... 🎶"), color=0x9400D3)
        await client.say(embed=embed)
       
        
        try:
            if players[server.id].is_playing():
                server = ctx.message.server
                voice_client = client.voice_client_in(server)
                before_args="-reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 5"
                player = await voice_client.create_ytdl_player(url, before_options = before_args, ytdl_options={'default_search': 'auto'}, after = lambda: check_queue(server.id))
            
            
                if server.id in queues:
                    queues[server.id].append(player)
                else:
                    queues[server.id] = [player]
                
                
                
                embed=discord.Embed(title=(player.uploader),  description=(player.description), color=0x9400D3)
                embed.set_author(name=(player.title), url=(player.url) , icon_url='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/YouTube_Music.png')
                embed.add_field(name="Duration(in seconds):", value=(player.duration), inline=True)
                embed.add_field(name="Current Views:", value=(player.views), inline=True)
                embed.add_field(name="Likes:", value=(player.likes), inline=True)
                embed.add_field(name="Dislikes:", value=(player.dislikes), inline=True)
                embed.set_footer(text=random.choice(messages))
                await client.say(embed=embed)
                await client.say('``↪️Video will play once the current video has finished, or is stopped.↩️``{}'.format(ctx.message.author.mention) + " added this video the queue, blame him if it's shit." )
            
            else:
                server = ctx.message.server
                voice_client = client.voice_client_in(server)
                before_args="-reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 5"
                player = await voice_client.create_ytdl_player(url, before_options = before_args,  ytdl_options={'default_search': 'auto'}, after =lambda: check_queue(server.id))
                players[server.id] = player
                player.volume = 0.18
                embed=discord.Embed(title=("⏬ Audio downloaded succesfully ⏬"), color=0x9400D3)
                await client.say(embed=embed)
                await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
                embed=discord.Embed(title=(player.uploader), description=(player.description), color=0x9400D3)
                embed.set_author(name=(player.title), url=(player.url) , icon_url='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/YouTube_Music.png')
                embed.add_field(name="Duration(in seconds):", value=(player.duration), inline=True)
                embed.add_field(name="Current Views:", value=(player.views), inline=True)
                embed.add_field(name="Likes:", value=(player.likes), inline=True)
                embed.add_field(name="Dislikes:", value=(player.dislikes), inline=True)
                embed.set_footer(text=random.choice(messages))
                await client.say(embed=embed)
                players[server.id] = player
                player.start()
                await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
                embed=discord.Embed(title=("🎶 Now Playing 🎶"), color=0x9400D3)
                await client.say(embed=embed)
            
        except KeyError:
            server = ctx.message.server
            voice_client = client.voice_client_in(server)
            before_args="-reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 5"
            player = await voice_client.create_ytdl_player(url, before_options=before_args,  ytdl_options={'default_search': 'auto'}, after =lambda: check_queue(server.id))
            players[server.id] = player
            player.volume = 0.18
            embed=discord.Embed(title=("⏬ Audio downloaded succesfully ⏬"), color=0x9400D3)
            await client.say(embed=embed)
            await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
            embed=discord.Embed(title=(player.uploader),  description=(player.description), color=0x9400D3)
            embed.set_author(name=(player.title), url=(player.url), icon_url='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/YouTube_Music.png')
            embed.add_field(name="Duration(in seconds):", value=(player.duration), inline=True)
            embed.add_field(name="Current Views:", value=(player.views), inline=True)
            embed.add_field(name="Likes:", value=(player.likes), inline=True)
            embed.add_field(name="Dislikes:", value=(player.dislikes), inline=True)
            embed.set_footer(text=random.choice(messages))
            await client.say(embed=embed)
            players[server.id] = player
            player.start()
            await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
            embed=discord.Embed(title=("🎶 Now Playing 🎶"), color=0x9400D3)
            await client.say(embed=embed)
         
    else: 
        embed=discord.Embed(title=("❗ You have been banned from using this function. ❗"), color=0xFF0000)
        await client.say(embed=embed)
else:
    embed=discord.Embed(title=("❗ User is not in a channel. Join a voice channel and try again. ❗"), color=0xFF0000)
    await client.say(embed=embed)