Reading files with Node.js from input file type selector

I am trying to select files using input file type and then upload them to dropbox using the dropbox Core API or saving it to a local folder using Node.JS readFile and writeFile methods. The problem is that most of these methods require the file path and all I have is the name of the file that is stored in the File object array and for what I have read browsers do not allow to get the full path for security reasons. I don't know how to go about this, can anyone help me solve this? Thanks!!