<input type="file" (change)="handleUpload($event)">

handleUpload(event) {
    const file = event.target.files[0];
    const reader = new FileReader();
    reader.readAsDataURL(event);
    reader.onload = () => {
        console.log(reader.result);
    };
}

ERROR TypeError: Failed to execute 'readAsDataURL' on 'FileReader': parameter 1 is not of type 'Blob'.
    at _global.(anonymous function).(anonymous function) [as readAsDataURL] (webpack-internal:///./node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.js:1323:60)
    at AccountFormComponent.handleUpload (account-form.component.ts:212)
    at Object.eval [as handleEvent] (AccountFormComponent.html:344)
    at handleEvent (core.js:13547)
    at callWithDebugContext (core.js:15056)
    at Object.debugHandleEvent [as handleEvent] (core.js:14643)
    at dispatchEvent (core.js:9962)
    at eval (core.js:10587)
    at HTMLInputElement.eval (platform-browser.js:2628)
    at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (zone.js:421)