JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<input type="file" id="files"/>
<textarea id="myText"></textarea>
JavaScript
document.getElementById('files').addEventListener('change', CopyMe, false);
function CopyMe(evt) {
var file = evt.target.files[0];
if (file) {
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(e) {
myText.innerHTML = e.target.result;
}
var c = reader.readAsText(file);
}
else { alert("Failed to load file"); }
};