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I have the following HTML code:

HTML
<pre><form method = "POST" name = "submissionsFrom">

        Full Name:
        <input type = "text" name = "subject" value = "" id = "name">
    </p>
    <p>
        Message:
        <textarea name = "message" id = "message"></textarea> 
    </p>
    <p>
        Select file:
        <input type = "file" accept = ".docx" required id = "file" name = "file"> 
    </p>


     <input type="button" value="Send Email" onclick="sendEmail()"/>
    
</form>


And this is my JavaScript (using SMTP):

let name = document.forms["submissionsFrom"]["name"].value;
    var message = document.forms["submissionsFrom"]["message"].value;
    var file = document.forms["submissionsFrom"]["file"];
   
    function sendEmail() {
    
    message = document.getElementById("message").value;

    Email.send({
    Host: "smtp.gmail.com",
    Username : "email@gmail.com",
    Password : "passwordHere",
    To : 'email@gmail.com',
    From : "email@gmail.com",
    Subject : "Email Submission",
    Body : message,
    Attachments : [
    {
        // name : "", // <-- Here, I'd like for the user's file to be an attachment,
        // path: ""  // not an already assigned attachment.
        

        }]
    }).then(
        message => alert("Submission sent!")
    );

}


What I want is, instead of a file already assigned with the attachments array, I'd like for the user to attach a file and send it in the email along with the body text that they put in. I already have the rest working, but I'm struggling with figuring out how to make the user upload a file that'll be sent in the email.

What I have tried:

I've tried to grab the file and with JavaScript get its name hoping that this would work so I don't have to manually put in the file:

JavaScript
message = document.getElementById("message").value;
           var fileName = document.getElementById('file').files[0].name;


This code above gives me the file name. And with that, I use the variable "fileName" and place it in here:

JavaScript
Attachments : 
            [{
                name : fileName,
                path: ""

            }]


I'm struggling to figure out how to get the path through with JavaScript.
And to be fair, I'm not too sure a method like this would work anyways. What's an alternative solution for what I'm trying to solve?
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