How to fire a javascript Event on file select?

Question

So basically, i have
```
<input type="file" id="infile">
```
And now I want to fire a javascript event when a file is choosed using it.
I tried:
```
document.getElementById('infile').addEventListener('change', somefunc());
```
But ```somefunc()``` is being executed ```onload```!
Please help!!

Answer 1

You need to get rid of the brackets after somefunc. E.g.
```
document.getElementById('infile').addEventListener('change', somefunc);
```
Because otherwise you are executing somefunc.

Answer 2

Thanks Rowsej, It worked !!!

Answer 3

No worries!