How to create an optimized packing function in python?

Question

So I have been given the task to create a shipping module for a webshop system. It may be a bit overkill, but I would really like to create one that can figure out how to pa

Answer 1

The fact that you have height, length and width makes it harder than a simple knapsack problem. Here's an interesting discussion of a 3D knapsack problem.

Here's a paper on the topic by the same guys.