How do I access files from FormData of an AJAX Post - node.js

Question

I currently have the following AJAX POST request sending the FormData() of the loaded file.
It takes in however many files uploaded, places them into a new form, and then posts that form as data to the /api/file URL
$('#file').on('change', function(){
var files = $(this).get(0).files;
$('#file').ready(function(){
if (files.length > 0){
var formData = new FormData();
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
var file = files[i];
console.log(file);
var tmppath = URL.createObjectURL(event.target.files[0]);
formData.append('userFile', tmppath);
}
$.ajax({
url: '/api/file',
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
processData: false,
contentType: false,
success: function(data){
console.log('upload successful!\n' + data);
document.getElementById('ipfs').href = 'https://ipfs.infura.io/ipfs/' + data;
document.getElementById('ipfs').innerHTML = data;
},
xhr: function() {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.upload.addEventListener('progress', function(evt) {
if (evt.lengthComputable) {
var percentComplete = evt.loaded / evt.total;
percentComplete = parseInt(percentComplete * 100);
$('.progress-bar').text(percentComplete + '%');
$('.progress-bar').width(percentComplete + '%');
if (percentComplete === 100) {
$('.progress-bar').html('Done');
}
}
}, false);
return xhr;
}
});
}
});
and the following express node app
app.post('/api/file', async function(req,res){
console.log(await req.files);
});
And all it prints out is Null.