JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<input type="file" id="photo1" name="photo1"/>
<input id="clickme" type="button" value="Get file name"/>
JavaScript
var btn = document.getElementById("clickme");
btn.onclick = function() {
var pic = document.getElementById("photo1").value.split(/(\\|\/)/g).pop();
var filename = pic.substring(0, pic.lastIndexOf("."));
alert(filename);
};