JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<input id="fileupload" name="file" type="file" />
<div></div>
JavaScript
document.querySelector('#fileupload').addEventListener('change', function(){
var fr = new FileReader();
fr.onload = function(){
document.querySelector('div').innerHTML = this.result;
}
fr.readAsText(this.files[0]);
});