I Apologize in advance for the long code and if I break any rules as this is my first time asking a question on this site. I'm fairly new to Python but I'm currently writing a program for a school project that requests data from the OpenFEC API and then display it in a GUI that I created using TKinter. Everything works well if I print to the console but once I try to insert my data to the Text widget I get an error and not all the data is shown. The error is 'TypeError: must be str, not NoneType', I've tried converting the variable to a string using str(varName) but doesn't work. I've been working on this specific issue for a couple of days now and have searched all over the internet for possible solutions but I haven't found anything that helps me. I appreciate any help that I can receive. 

```
import json
import urllib.request
import urllib.parse
import urllib.error
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk

def inputValidation(year):
    # Ask the user for a year
    # year = yearEntry.get()
    # Input validation
    year = int(year)  # Converting input to integer for comparison purposes
    if year >= 2003 and year <= 2020:
        message = "Here are the election dates  for " + str(year) + ':' + '\n'
    else:
        message = "Please enter a valid year."
    # Clear out any existing text from entry window
    data.config(state=NORMAL)
    data.delete(0.0, END)
    # Set the data window
    data.insert(1.0, message)
    data.config(state=DISABLED)
    # Convert the year back to a string
    year = str(year)
    return year

# Function to get API data
def apiCall(event, year, pageNumber):
    """ Requests data from OpenFEC API by constructing a url using predetermined
     values. """
    apiKey = 'rdudHBjgS5srIohVWYyyUL64AOsqVfRkGZD4gvMU'
    perPage = '90'  # Number of items to print per page
    electionYear = year
    nullHide = 'true'
    nullOnly = 'true'
    sort = sortNum.get()
    if sort == 1:
        sort = '-election_state'
    if sort == 2:
        sort = '-election_date'
    if sort == 3:
        sort = 'office_sought'
    url = ('https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/election-dates/?per_page=' + perPage +
           '&api_key=' + apiKey +
           '&election_year=' + electionYear +
           '&page=' + pageNumber +
           '&sort_hide_null=' + nullHide +
           '&sort_null_only=' + nullOnly +
           '&sort=' + sort)
    uh = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
    data = uh.read().decode()
    js = json.loads(data)
    print(url)
    return js                         # We receive a dictionary with all the 
info requested

# Function to print the API info
# Provide a year between 2003 - 2020
def electionDates(event):
    year = yearEntry.get()          # User provided year
    year = inputValidation(year)
    pageNumber = '1'
    js = apiCall(event, year, pageNumber)  # Call the API by using the first function
    pages = js['pagination']['pages']
    print('TOTAL PAGES: ', pages)
    # print('TOTAL ITEMS: ', items)
    while int(pages) >= int(pageNumber):
        idx = 0
        totalItems = 0
        items = 0
        print('PAGE', pageNumber, 'OF', pages)
        for item in js['results']:
            state = js['results'][idx]['election_state']
            date = js['results'][idx]['election_date']
            electionType = js['results'][idx]['election_type_full']
            notes = js['results'][idx]['election_notes']
            office = js['results'][idx]['office_sought']
            # Changing initials from API to full office names
            if office == 'S':
                office = office.replace('S', 'Senate')  # Print out the full word instead of just the initial
            if office == 'H':
                office = office.replace('H', 'House of Representatives')  # Print out the full word, not the initial
            if office == 'P':
                office = office.replace('P', 'President')  # Print out the full word instead of just the initial
            idx = idx + 1  # idx allows us to iterate through each item in the dictionary

            # Displaying Data in Text Box
            data.config(state=NORMAL)
            data.insert(2.0, '' +
                    '\n' 'Date: ' + date +
                    '\n' 'State: ' + state +
                    '\n' 'Election Type: ' + electionType +
                    '\n' 'Office: ' + office +
                    '\n' 'Notes: ' + notes +
                    '\n', END)
            data.config(state=DISABLED)
            items = items + 1
        pageNumber = int(pageNumber) + 1
        pageNumber = str(pageNumber)
        js = apiCall(event, year, pageNumber)  # Re-call the API function to print the next page

# -------- GUI CODE --------
root = Tk()
root.title('InfoLection')
frame = Frame(root)
sortNum = IntVar()

""" Create label, button, entry and text widgets into our frame. """
# --- Create instruction label ---
yearLbl = ttk.Label(root, text='Enter Year: ')
yearLbl.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=E)

# --- Create Entry Box ---
yearEntry = ttk.Entry(root)
yearEntry.grid(row=0, column=2, columnspan=1, sticky=W)
yearEntry.delete(0, END)
yearEntry.insert(0, '')

# --- Create Submit Button ---
submitBtn = ttk.Button(root, text='Submit')
submitBtn.bind('<Button-1>', electionDates)
submitBtn.grid(row=3, column=0, columnspan=5, sticky=NSEW)

# Menu Bar
menu = Menu(root)
root.config(menu=menu)
# Submenu
subMenu = Menu(menu)
menu.add_cascade(label='About', menu=subMenu)
subMenu.add_command(label="Information")
subMenu.add_command(label='Exit')

# --- Radio Buttons to Select Sorting Method ---
# Label
sortByRB = ttk.Label(root, text='Sort by:')
sortByRB.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky=E)
# Radio Buttons
stateSortRB = ttk.Radiobutton(root, text='State', value=1, variable=sortNum)    
# Sort by state
stateSortRB.grid(row=2, column=1, sticky=W)
dateSortRB = ttk.Radiobutton(root, text='Date', value=2, variable=sortNum)      
# Sort by date
dateSortRB.grid(row=2, column=2, sticky=W)
officeSortRB = ttk.Radiobutton(root, text='Office', value=3, 
variable=sortNum)  # Sort by Office
officeSortRB.grid(row=2, column=3, sticky=W)

# --- Text Widget To Display Data ---
data = Text(root, width=50, height=25, wrap=WORD)
data.grid(row=4, column=0, columnspan=4, sticky=NSEW)

# --- Scroll Bar ---
scroll = ttk.Scrollbar(root, command=data.yview)
data['yscrollcommand'] = scroll.set
scroll.grid(row=4, column=5, pady=3, sticky=NSEW)

# Window Icon

# --- Keep Window Open ---
root.mainloop()

```