Cannot read JSON file MAUI

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employees.txt

@page "/FetchData"
@inject HttpClient Http
@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms
@using System.Net.Http.Json

<PageTitle>Activity Dropdown</PageTitle>

<h3>Activity</h3>

<EditForm Model="@submitActivity" OnSubmit="@Submit">
    <div>
        <InputSelect @bind-Value="submitActivity.CD">
            @if (submitActivity != null)
            {
                <option value="">--Select--</option>
                @foreach (var activity in ActivityList)
                {
                    <option value="@activity.CD">@activity.DESC</option>
                }
            }
        </InputSelect>
    </div>
    <br />
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-3">
            <p>Weight (in kgs)</p>
        </div>
        <div class="col-md-4">
            <input placeholder="Weight (in kgs)" @bind="@weight" />
        </div>
    </div>

    <br />
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-3">
            <p>Time  (in minutes)</p>
        </div>
        <div class="col-md-4">
            <input placeholder="Time in minutes" @bind="@minutes" />
        </div>
    </div>
    <div>
        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
    </div>
</EditForm>

<div>
    <div>@finalresult</div>
</div>

@code {
    private List<ACTIVITY> ActivityList = new();
    private ACTIVITY submitActivity { get; set; } = new();

    private int weight;
    private int minutes;
    private string finalresult = string.Empty;
    private decimal hours;
    private string skip = "";
    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        //Get the data from the employees.txt
        var root = await Http.GetFromJsonAsync<Rootobject>("sample-data/employees.txt");
        ActivityList = root.burned.ACTIVITY;
    }





    private void Submit()
    {
        //Debug - View the CD

        skip = "N";
        if (weight <= 21)
        {
            skip = "Y";
            finalresult = "Invalid Weight";
        }
        if (weight >= 150)
        {
            skip = "Y";

            finalresult = "Invalid Weight";
        }
        if (minutes <= 5)
        {
            skip = "Y";

            finalresult = "Invalid Time";
        }

        if (minutes >= 200)
        {
            skip = "Y";

            finalresult = "Invalid Time";
        }
        //use the CD to get the and display the description
        ACTIVITY model = ActivityList.FirstOrDefault(a => a.CD == submitActivity.CD);

        hours = (decimal)minutes / 60;
        if (skip == "N")
        { finalresult = (weight * model.METS * hours).ToString(); }


    }


    //View Model
    public class Rootobject
    {
        public Burned burned { get; set; }
    }

    public class Burned
    {
        public List<ACTIVITY> ACTIVITY { get; set; }
    }

    public class ACTIVITY
    {
        public string CD { get; set; }
        public decimal METS { get; set; }
        public string CATEGORY { get; set; }
        public string DESC { get; set; }
    }
}

employees.txt

Answer 1

Try adding the namespace

@using System.Net.Http.Json