diff --git a/R/read_sharepoint.R b/R/read_sharepoint.R
index ca3f9b8..c8d517b 100644
--- a/R/read_sharepoint.R
+++ b/R/read_sharepoint.R
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #'
 #' @description
 #' [read_sharepoint()] is designed to download a SharePoint item to a temporary
-#' folder and read the file based on the file extension. The class of the
+#' folder and read the file based on the file extension. If a function is
+#' provided to .f, it is used to read the downloaded file. If not, class of the
 #' returned object depends on the file extension of the file parameter.
 #'
 #' - If the file is a csv, csv2, or tsv file or a Microsoft Excel file (xlsx or
@@ -24,14 +25,16 @@
 #' @param file Required. A SharePoint shared file URL, document URL, or, if
 #'   `item_id` is supplied, a file name to use in combination with `new_path` to
 #'   set `dest` with location and filename for downloaded item.
+#' @param .f Optional function to use to read file downloaded from SharePoint.
 #' @param ... Additional parameters passed to one of the functions identified in
-#'   the description.
+#'   the description or supplied to `.f`
 #' @inheritParams download_sp_item
 #' @inheritParams get_sp_drive
 #' @inheritParams get_sp_site
 #' @export
 read_sharepoint <- function(file,
                             ...,
+                            .f = NULL,
                             new_path = tempdir(),
                             overwrite = TRUE,
                             drive_name = NULL,
@@ -56,33 +59,49 @@ read_sharepoint <- function(file,
 
   message <- "Reading item with "
 
+  if (!is.null(.f)) {
+    .f <- as_function(.f)
+    cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn {as_name(expr(.f))}}")
+    return(.f(dest, ...))
+  }
+
   if (is_fileext_path(dest, c("csv", "csv2", "tsv"))) {
     check_installed("readr")
     cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn readr::read_delim}")
-    readr::read_delim(dest, ...)
-  } else if (is_fileext_path(dest, c("xlsx", "xls"))) {
+    return(readr::read_delim(dest, ...))
+  }
+
+  if (is_fileext_path(dest, c("xlsx", "xls"))) {
     check_installed("readxl")
     cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn readxl::read_excel}")
-    readxl::read_excel(dest, ...)
-  } else if (is_fileext_path(dest, "rds")) {
+    return(readxl::read_excel(dest, ...))
+  }
+
+  if (is_fileext_path(dest, "rds")) {
     check_installed("readr")
     cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn readr::read_rds}")
-    readr::read_rds(dest, ...)
-  } else if (is_fileext_path(dest, "docx")) {
+    return(readr::read_rds(dest, ...))
+  }
+
+  if (is_fileext_path(dest, "docx")) {
     check_installed("officer")
     cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn officer::read_docx}")
-    officer::read_docx(dest)
-  } else if (is_fileext_path(dest, "pptx")) {
+    return(officer::read_docx(dest))
+  }
+
+  if (is_fileext_path(dest, "pptx")) {
     check_installed("officer")
     cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn officer::read_pptx}")
     officer::read_pptx(dest)
-  } else if (is_fileext_path(dest, c("gpkg", "geojson", "kml", "gdb", "shp"))) {
+  }
+
+  if (is_fileext_path(dest, c("gpkg", "geojson", "kml", "gdb", "shp"))) {
     check_installed("sf")
     cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn sf::read_sf}")
-    sf::read_sf(dest, ...)
-  } else {
-    check_installed("readr")
-    cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn readr::read_lines}")
-    readr::read_lines(dest, ...)
+    return(sf::read_sf(dest, ...))
   }
+
+  check_installed("readr")
+  cli_progress_step("{message}{.fn readr::read_lines}")
+  readr::read_lines(dest, ...)
 }
diff --git a/R/write_sharepoint.R b/R/write_sharepoint.R
index 527fec9..df9b506 100644
--- a/R/write_sharepoint.R
+++ b/R/write_sharepoint.R
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #' @param file File to write to. Passed to `file` parameter for
 #'   [readr::write_csv()] or [readr::write_rds()], `dsn` for `sf::write_sf()`,
 #'   or `target` for `print()` (when working with `{officer}` class objects).
+#' @param .f Optional function to write the input data to disk before uploading
+#'   file to SharePoint.
 #' @param ... Additional parameters passed to write function.
 #' @param new_path Path to write file to. Defaults to [tempdir()]
 #' @param blocksize Additional parameter passed to `upload_folder` or
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ write_sharepoint <- function(x,
                              file,
                              dest,
                              ...,
+                             .f = NULL,
                              new_path = tempdir(),
                              overwrite = FALSE,
                              drive_name = NULL,
@@ -44,7 +47,10 @@ write_sharepoint <- function(x,
   check_string(file, call = call)
   file <- str_c_fsep(new_path, file)
 
-  if (inherits(x, "sf")) {
+  if (!is.null(.f)) {
+    .f <- as_function(.f)
+    .f(x, file, ...)
+  } else if (inherits(x, "sf")) {
     check_installed("sf", call = call)
     sf::write_sf(x, dsn = file, ...)
   } else if (inherits(x, "data.frame") && !stringr::str_detect(file, ".xlsx$")) {