VALUES clause in SQLAlchemy

Question

Is there a way to build a Query object in SQLAlchemy which will be the equivalent of:

SELECT * FROM (VALUES (1, 2, 3)) AS sq;

Answer 1

Not the best solution but it worked for me:

import sqlalchemy as sa

query = sa.select(['*']).select_from(sa.text("(VALUES (1,2,3)) as sq"))
connection.execute(query).fetchall()

Output: [(1, 2, 3)]

PS: VALUES with the aliased columns example:

import sqlalchemy as sa

query_cte = (
    sa.select([sa.column('age'), sa.column('name')])
        .select_from(sa.text("(VALUES (22, 'Bob'), (30, 'Julia')) as t (age, name)"))
).cte()
query_name = sa.select([query_cte.c.name])
connection.execute(query_name).fetchall()

Output: [('Bob',), ('Julia',)]

WARNING: This solution is good for simple values. Be careful with the special symbols or words, they should be properly escaped.