diff --git a/notebook/tests/selenium/quick_selenium.py b/notebook/tests/selenium/quick_selenium.py
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+from selenium.webdriver import Firefox
+from notebook.notebookapp import list_running_servers
+
+
+def quick_driver():
+    """Quickly create a selenium driver pointing at an active noteboook server.
+
+    """
+    try:
+        server = list(list_running_servers())[0]
+    except IndexError as e:
+        e.message = 'You need a server running before you can run this command'
+    driver = Firefox()
+    auth_url = f'{server["url"]}?token={server["token"]}'
+    driver.get(auth_url)
+    return driver